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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:08:04 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Peter <peter@kuyarov.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to turn on keyboard?
Message-ID:  <3E78CE24.1020302@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030319122524.325ebcb3.peter@kuyarov.org>
References:  <20030319122524.325ebcb3.peter@kuyarov.org>

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Peter wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I got a small server for my home lan, that doesn't have a
> keyboard plugged into it.  Now it's been up for some 20 days
> and now I plugged a keyboard into it, how can I turn the
> keyboard "on" ?

If it's a traditional-style keyboard, and memory serves: you can't.
If I remember correctly, pc keyboards have to be connected during
boot or the BIOS doesn't see them.  I'm pretty sure it's a pc
BIOS issue and not a FreeBSD one.

If it's a USB keyboard, that's a different story.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com


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