I guess you should disable the error message in your BIOS CMOS 
setup. In most of the computers it can be opened with del DEL key during 
post. I think that with compaq's the key is F2. In award bioses the 
option is called "halt on" and it must be set to "none".

    []'s
    Ricardo.


Gan Uesli Starling wrote:

>Howdy,
>
>Using a pair of NetBSD boxes as VPN routers here. They don't even have 
>monitors plugged in. And I'd rather the run also without 
>keyboards...most of the time. This is on an i386 (Compaq Deskpro)
>
>But if I try to boot without a keyboard, I get...
>
>304-Keyboard or System Unit Error
>
>...which is a tad annoying. I don't want to permanently disenable the 
>keyboard, I don't think. But, does anybody know of a wiring diagram for 
>a dongle, jumper plug or some such I could plug into it to fool the 
>boot sequence?
>
>Or, lacking that, how do I do it in software?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gan Starling
>Kalamazoo MI
>
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