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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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