Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:22:35 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.NET> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD and Windows Message-ID: <l03130309b16303a67121@[208.2.87.6]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980421183131.7443C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> References: <l03130305b162d19fb022@[208.2.87.6]>
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At 8:33 PM -0500 4/21/98, Tom wrote: >> With that 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 Thanks for the suggestion. I don't TOTALLY agree that booteasy is not useful. Some times it is nice to have a machine that you can simply plug in a keyboard and reboot into the otherwise unused OS that has reasonable tools and manufacturers' diagnostics. Any way, I gave booteasy the boot and now it still hangs before the boot help screen. I guess I'll have to take a look at that code and see if it does some kbd action at its start. Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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