On 04.12.99, 14:46:57, Matthias Drochner wrote:
> 
> e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr said:
> > - Is a video card absolutly necessary to boot NetBSD ? 
> 
> Shouldn't be. It's probably necessary to use a serial console
> however.

No it isn't at all. I've successfully run a machine for several months
without keyboard, and without video card, and without serial console.

Some BIOSs might stop when they don't find a video card, but a lot of
them allow you to set "Main display" to "N/A" or something like that,
then the machine might beep a non-fatal error code at cold boot, but
should start anyway.

If it does not work at all, it's still more likely to be a problem of
the BIOS than of NetBSD.

> 
> > - Is a keyboard necessary to boot ?
> 
> No.
> 
> best regards
> Matthias
> 

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