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[Carp]

Hey everybody...

I have a server hosted locally...
There is no monitor on it, just a keyboard..

When the computer starts (and when there was a monitor on it) it says something like no mouse connected, press XXXXX to continue booting. Does anyone know what they key sequence is, Ctrl + A or something?

Is it different for every machine?

I know this is stupid, but any help would be good, thanks.

[ThatScriptGuy]

In almost all cases (That I've seen), you can actually disable the pause on error. So you could have the computer continue its boot sequence even without a mouse, keyboard, or monitor connected.

I know it doesn't help you with your original question, but if you hook up a mouse and monitor real quick, I bet you can disable that pause and have it boot in the future without you having to hit a key.

[Carp]

How do I do that? Somewhere i the BIOS settings?

[ThatScriptGuy]

Yep. Usually in the boot settings screen.

[Carp]

I'll find a monitor I guess lol