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Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 
> What really needs to happen here should be obvious: we need some form of
> inexpensive keyboard-only USB support in boot2/loader.
> 
> I would *love* to know how Linux and Windows solve this problem.

If I remember right, UnixWare used(s) the BIOS calls in the loader.

-SB