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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 1995 18:35:48 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com>
To:        "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov>
Cc:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... 
Message-ID:  <199507250135.SAA00350@freefall.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Jul 95 21:25:19 EDT." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950724211951.22605A-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> 

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>On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Joe McGuckin wrote:

...

>The answer is: sort of.  :-)
>
>Generally, especially older PCs required a keyboard.  Some clever person 
>decided it made sense to issue errors like:
>
>  keyboard error
>  Press <F1> to continue.

This isn't stupid at all.  If not having a keyboard is a fatal error, by
using F1 as the way to dismiss the error, it ensures that a keyboard is
installed. :-)
--
Justin T. Gibbs
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  Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM
  FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations
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