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From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis)
Subject: Re: Booting with no kbd
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>> 
>> On 1 machine the system won't even try to load the kernel. With boot manager
>> installed it just sits at the prompt and never times out. As soon as the
>> keyboard is plugged in it continues ok. Without boot manager it just hangs
>> without ever displaying the initial boot: prompt. The machine boots MS-DOS
>> OK in the same configuration.
>
>Do you have perchance an older boot block that tries to boot with the
>serial console in this case?  (This was _intention_.)
>

I don't know what you mean by "older". This HD was created with
2.0.5Alpha...so unless there's something newer.....

thanks,

dennis