Any HP E-PC C10 Experts? Re: Keyboardless Boot

[sagobogger]

Sorry for a 20th century PC question, but does anyone know how to set an HP E-PC C10 to boot without a keyboard? I find old reviews and specs for this machine showing this as a feature but can't figure out how to do it. This is a very tightly locked down little box with very few BIOS options.

 

[franklin97355]

Check BIOS to see if there is an option to halt on errors and unset the halt on keyboard (if this is an option)

The answer is "42"

 

[wahnula]

WHY do you need to boot it w/o a keyboard? It can be removed after boot. Or, you can connect a KVM to the PS/2 output.

Alternatively, you can try to flash the BIOS to add more functionality. The "Halt On" feature franklin97355 referred to is usually on the first page.

Tony

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[sagobogger]

Why? Usual reason for wanting a headless box, it's going to live in a remote location with very little space and just a network connection. It's managed via VNC.

I couldn't find a BIOS option that worked, so in the end I made a keyboard stuffer by taking the encoder chip/board out of an old one and cutting the cable down to a few inches. (I could have bought a stuffer for about $30 but this was quicker.)