Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 21:42:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950724213719.22605B-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199507250135.SAA00350@freefall.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >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. :-) Actually, I didn't say it was stupid... I said it was clever. :-) Seriously what WAS (IMHO) short sighted was to REQUIRE a keyboard. I still have an old PC that won't pass POST without a keyboard present and has no BIOS option to circumvent the situation. It's really annoying to have a headless PC that requires a keyboard. Fortunately, as I said in my original posting, most modern BIOSen don't have this restriction. Unfortunately I *DID* run across one 486 mother board recently (sorry I don't remember the details; it's a friends PC) that DID require a keyboard. Big time bummer! Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | work: http://www.eco.nsi.nasa.gov/~mnewell | | home: http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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