[OpenIndiana-discuss] Antwort: Re: System halts on boot when there is no keyboard

[Michael Schuster]

On 11.04.2011 09:30, thorsten.heit at vkb.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> "I also noticed that as soon as I insert the keyboard to the PS/2 port
> the
>>> orange sausage starts to roll and the system boots up, so it is as if
> the
>>> system is just sitting there waiting for a keyboard to say "Hello"."
>>>
>>> Does PS/2 support 'hotswap' as usb does?
>
> AFAIK no.
> Longer time ago I've heard rumors that you shouldn't unplug and replug a
> device from/to a PS/2 port because that can cause damage to the hardware.
> I have done it few times with a keyboard but never had any problems...

IME, removing a PS/2 device while the system is running will work (in 
the sense that the machine continues to run), but re-connecting won't 
have any effect (until reboot ;-).

HTH
Michael
-- 
regards/Gruesse
Michael Schuster