[Discuss] booting without keyboard, mouse, or monitor

[John Blomfield]

If you can't find a solution you could get a KVM.  I use my old computer 
to store backup files and access it using a KVM and the network. I think 
they are quite inexpensive now?

John Blomfield

Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> I know booting without keyboard, mouse, or monitor is possible, but do 
> you
> have to do anything special to make it work (assuming you have grub 
> set up
> to boot after a few seconds)?  For example, is there some BIOS parameter
> and/or kernel boot parameter you have to set?
>
> I am interested in this topic because my new system just arrived, and 
> I now
> have three systems with two sets of keyboards, mice, and monitors, and 
> while
> installing Linux on the new system I need the other two old systems to be
> booted as a temporary measure as I copy files off them, etc.
>
> Alan
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