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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:33:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.NET>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Free BSD and Windows
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421183131.7443C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
In-Reply-To: <l03130305b162d19fb022@[208.2.87.6]>

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> With thaqt setting, I get into the boot blocks
> as expected. I get to "Default: F1" and it hangs
> uptil I plug in a keyboard. Only then does it
> proceed to the Boot: prompt.

  Booteasy probably depends on a keyboard.

  Booteasy is not useful on a serial-console system anyhow, and probably
should not be installed.  It is also useless on a dedicated FreeBSD box of
any kind.

> On my old P-5, I could boot without a keyboard.

  Keyboard BIOS is probably different.

Tom


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