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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 18:51:44 +0900
From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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>> I tested this on my box.  I added three ^G to the end of boot.help and
>> it worked very well.  Once proper documentation is provided (I will
>> write something for either FAQ or the handbook), this will help many
>> people who want to install FreeBSD to PC without a display monitor.
>> 
>> I will make this change to /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.help if I
>> don't hear any objection within next a few days.
>
>I'm not sure that this would be popular in the general case; I would 
>certainly be less than thrilled to have my systems screaming at me 
>every time I reboot, and while I can easily do something about this, 
>it's less simple to explain to what does amount to the majority of our 
>userbase why their systems are so noisy.

I wonder if this is such a big deal.
After all, BIOS beeps during POST when the box is switched on....

Kazu

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