Keystrokes for a blind install?

[The Prince of Peckham]

Hi,

I think this is a long shot but I was hoping to get some help here.

I recently bought a HP 730 very cheaply on ebay and all of my monitors are HDMI but the machine only has DisplayPort ports for connection to a monitor.

Was wondering if it is possible to install pfsense only with a keyboard and to know how/when to time the keystrokes to get it in to network config mode?

I would also need to setup the boot drive order to get the usb to boot automatically, I'm unsure if this is enabled by default.

Thanks

[DaddyGo]

@the-prince-of-peckham said in Keystrokes for a blind install?:

I think this is a long shot but I was hoping to get some help here.

Hi,

No joke, but this solution could be:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-DisplayPort-Display-Adapter-Cable/dp/B015OV4Z0A

or use a serial console + PuTTY

[The Prince of Peckham]

@daddygo Thanks for the reply. I've made an order for a dongle, but I thought I would ask to see if anyone might be able to save me a few quid and have yet another dongle in the home.

[DaddyGo]

@the-prince-of-peckham said in Keystrokes for a blind install?:

I've made an order for a dongle

you only need it as long as you configure it, then you can forget about it

dongle = adapter