CentOS - Oct 2005 - Server without keyboard

I'm trying to set up a small machine as a server using a Via EPIA SP 8000E 
mini ITX motherboard. It's got a fanless Eden processor and I'm using a
SATA
hard drive. The CD drive is removed, as I only wanted it to install CentOS 
and don't anticipate needing it again.

My problem is running this machine with CentOS without the keyboard. I've
set
the BIOS to ignore keyboard errors so it boots OK, but I can't get it to 
restart without a keyboard attached.

Logging into it as root via ssh and telling it to

shutdown -h now

works fine, but when I tell it to

shutdown -r now

it gets as far as the "Restarting system." message then just freezes.

Is there any known solution to this?

Thanks.

Dave Fletcher

David Fletcher wrote:
>I'm trying to set up a small machine as a server using a Via EPIA SP
8000E
>mini ITX motherboard. It's got a fanless Eden processor and I'm
using a SATA
>hard drive. The CD drive is removed, as I only wanted it to install CentOS 
>and don't anticipate needing it again.
>
>My problem is running this machine with CentOS without the keyboard.
I've set
>the BIOS to ignore keyboard errors so it boots OK, but I can't get it to
>restart without a keyboard attached.
>
>Logging into it as root via ssh and telling it to
>
>shutdown -h now
>
>works fine, but when I tell it to
>
>shutdown -r now
>
>it gets as far as the "Restarting system." message then just
freezes.
>
>Is there any known solution to this?
>
>  
>
Try the dummy keyboard driver:

http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Oct/2915.html

Cheers,