jim... how could i do that!!! i'll try to rub the butt of a master if i thought it would work right now!!! -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mar 11, 2005 6:08 PM To: Bruce Douglas <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: fedora booting without a monitor. Bruce Douglas wrote: > hi... > > arrggghhh... looks like i spoke to soon. using 'vga=0' in the grub.conf didn't work. > > so, back to the original question, does anyone have a way of getting an intel based 815 machine running FC3 to boot without a monitor. the funny thing is that this was not an issue with RH8. > > going to FC3 has been painful to say the least!! > > bruce > Did you try to set your monitor to a model that does not use probing? A selectiiion that no monitor is sent information and the boot process is left in a wait state. (generic vga or something) Just a wild guess - :-) Jim -- How many hardware guys does it take to change a light bulb? "Well the diagnostics say it's fine buddy, so it's a software problem."