Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 16:45:58 +0200 (METDST) From: Carles Amengual <amengual@cesca.es> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9507241639.A17119-a100000@prades.cesca.es> In-Reply-To: <199507240746.RAA29431@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > Joe McGuckin stands accused of saying: > > Can freebsd boot without a keyboard or video card? Can a > > In principle yes; I've noticed that some systems have problems booting > without a keyboard though. AT-like PCs use a keyboard interrupt (I think is A20, though not sure) to address RAM above ~1 MB, so FreeBSD (nor any other OS) should not be able to work without a keyboard. Maybe this is no longer true for some PCs, but I have not seen it. However, many newer PCs handle much better all this. ------------------------------------------------- Carlos Amengual, amengual@prades.cesca.es Sociedad Astronomica de Espana y America (SADEYA) Av. Diagonal, 377, 2 ; 08008 Barcelona, Spain ------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Any error in this message should be considered as my boss's opinion, and not mine.
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