CAcert System Admins discussion list

[Jan Dittberner <jandd AT cacert.org>]

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 12:35:16PM +0200, Wytze van der Raay wrote:
> Op 2-7-2011 3:11, 
> ulrich AT cacert.org
>  schreef:
> > usb legacy support  is one option in many bios'es
> > if you don't have an usb mouse and usb keyboard connected
> > disable usb legacy support might be an option
> 
> Please believe me ... Mendel is no fool and has attempted all
> available options, only to find that they didn't work.
> 
> A BIOS upgrade as suggested by Mario *might* change the picture,
> but it's not a simple operation -- it appears to require combined
> upgrades of all the firmware components in the ILO processor (it
> was never touched since installation in 2007).
> 
> Remote switchable power or some NAS-like connection appear the most
> promising "solutions", but will require extra equipment.

Maybe getting a Grub2 MBR on that USB disk that uses the configuration
on the system disk, as suggested by Guillaume, might be an option. As
far as I remember you can tell Grub install where it should put its
stage 1 (MBR code) and where it finds its stage 2 (grub.cfg).


Regards
Jan

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