On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 15:31 -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Robert Heller wrote: > > At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > wrote: > >> > >> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, > >> but I removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops > and > >> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit > >> F1 to get it to continue booting. > >> > >> Is there some bios setting that is causing this? Obviously, I'd like it > <snip> > > Dell servers seem to be wonky about this sort of thing (older ones would > > not boot without a keyboard installed, even if they were esentually > > 'headless'). I am not sure how to deal with this. It seems to be a > > Dell-specific BIOS hack of some sort (and a *dumb* one at that). > > This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about > PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot > *without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before would not. Sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree with that statement. I have been using "old" ( some folks might say "antique" ) desktop machines as firewalls/fileservers for a handful of friends for the better part of 10 years now. This goes back to old Dell GXi boxes ( Pentium 166 ) and homebuilt AMD K-6 systems. In ALL cases, I was able to configure the BIOS settings such that the system would boot without a keyboard connected. AFAIR all of those systems had a single setting to avoid a halt of the boot process because of a missing keyboard, and we're talking about BIOS versions back to around 1997. > > mark "tease me about my age, and I'll beat you with my cane!" > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly