Stuart

In another thread, Windows users have told me that it depends on the motherboard whether or not a Windows machine can boot without monitor or keyboard.

My intention is, however, to run MSP on Windows on a Mac Mini, so I can't choose the board.

If anyone could try it out (an mp3 in login items should do it) I'd be enormously grateful.

If yes, I'm off to the shops, if no, it's back to the drawing board.

In another thread, Windows users have told me that it depends on the motherboard whether or not a Windows machine can boot without monitor or keyboard. 

windows-on-mac-mini-could-you-do-me-a-favour

i'm a PC user and i'll tell you some history.

the first pc board have only one buil-in hardware suport... the keyboard. other hardware features came as ISA cards...

the time has pass and the bords came with more and more hardware buil-in it!

but the keyboard has the same "bug"... if not present the board stops at the booting.

some new board, with the USB tech. had correct that 'cause the keyboard is on longer ps2 conector... so they have the "halt on errors" bios option to ignore ps2 keyb.

as you can see, the mini MAC does not have any ps2 conector... all conentions from keyb and mouse and other things are made by USB.

probably, the detection of keybord is an task to the Operative System, so if you do not have keybord, the hardware do not stop you to boot...

you have to try to boot your MAC without keyb, and if it brings up some error message, try to find some config menu that allow to disable that message (on SO).

i don't know MAC and how it works but i think, (logical), that is possible to boot a Mini Mac with no keyboard, 'cause is a USB keyb.!

I don't know about the Intel MacMini, but my PPC MacMini will indeed 

boot totally headless (I didn't do the mp3-trick, rather, I opened up 

I don't know about the Intel MacMini, but my PPC MacMini will indeed 
boot totally headless (I didn't do the mp3-trick, rather, I opened up 
some networked shared folders).

Quote: dyslexius wrote on Sat, 20 May 2006 13:08

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> I don't know about the Intel MacMini, but my PPC MacMini will indeed 

your PPC does not boot into windows at all

Quote: dyslexius wrote on Sat, 20 May 2006 13:08
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> I don't know about the Intel MacMini, but my PPC MacMini will indeed 
> boot totally headless

your PPC does not boot into windows at all


Of course it doesn't -- I was merely trying to offer some hope.

(If Apple chose to make it possible with PPC/OSX, I'm suggesting that 

bootcamp, bios, the HAL; or whatever under IntelMac is the appropriate 

term, would be similarly equipped. We know from earlier posts that it's 

not the Win-XP kernel itself that enforces the presence of certain 

(If Apple chose to make it possible with PPC/OSX, I'm suggesting that 
bootcamp, bios, the HAL; or whatever under IntelMac is the appropriate 
term, would be similarly equipped.  We know from earlier posts that it's 
not the Win-XP kernel itself that enforces the presence of certain 
peripherals, right?)

I already use an OSX system to do just that, which I mentioned in the original thread, but not in this one - silly me - so thanks dyslexius (may I call you dys ?).

Has nobody installed Windows yet ? If it were me, I'd be dying of curiosity - if only to find out if a Mac does the start-bong under Windows (and I bet it does).

(worse yet, potentially promulgating false hope).

> I already use an OSX system to do just that, which I mentioned in the original thread, but not in this one - silly me - so thanks dyslexius (may I call you dys ?).

'DysCal' has been used (I get dates backwards:

zeggz.com/raf/dyslexius.html) so has 'dys',

> Has nobody installed Windows yet ? If it were me, I'd be dying of curiosity - if only to find out if a Mac does the start-bong under Windows (and I bet it does).

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful
(worse yet, potentially promulgating false hope).

'DysCal' has been used (I get dates backwards:
zeggz.com/raf/dyslexius.html) so has 'dys',
but feel free to be creative.

May the gods please default it
to a 12-tone row, not a bong...

It's good to know there's someone on this list in a position to help, 

It's good to know there's someone on this list in a position to help, 
willing or not  :)

Okay nice idea :-) but let's forget the bong (yes I know I started it).

Has anybody, ANYBODY got five minutes on their hands to try it out ?

Windows on Mac Mini: Could you do me a favour ?