Re: Blackbox setup - Keyboard and Mouse

[Ramin Alidousti <ramin () cannon eng us uu net>]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 10:04:14AM +0000, Subba Rao wrote:

> I am setting up a regular Intel PC as blackbox running snort. If this
> proves successful then our folks may buy a rack mounted blackbox.
>
> For now, everything is setup perfectly (hopefully). The box is on the
> network with restricted access and snorting the network traffic. It is also
> setup to startup with Snort running at boot up (in case of power failure).
> The only issue for now is the need to have keyboard and mouse to be
> attached to the box. If these devices are missing the system is throwing
> a BIOS message upon reboot. I suppose I could disable these devices in the
> BIOS to bypass this error message. Are there any OS (Linux/OpenBSD) related

If you enable the "serial console" in your kernel, then you can access the
console via the com port. Very convenient.

Ramin

> issues, if the keyboard or mouse is missing? Most blackbox systems do not
> have these devices anyway.
>
> I would like to hear any experiences or advice with setting up a blackbox
> without keyboard and mouse.
>
> TIA.
> -- 
>
> Subba Rao
> subba9 () home com
> http://members.home.net/subba9/

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