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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:15:51 -0700
From:      Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>
To:        jon@witchspace.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question related to FreeBSD Serial Console...
Message-ID:  <20030912001551.GK64655@roark.gnf.org>
In-Reply-To: <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com>
References:  <3F53D645.2040501@freebsd.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902103001.0217e758@gid.co.uk> <1706.192.168.0.20.1062501531.squirrel@webmail.witchspace.com>

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On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:18:51PM +0100, jon@witchspace.com wrote:
> Hiya
>=20
>=20
> > Unfortunately, many motherboards (BIOSs?) won't initialise a PS/2 keybo=
ard
> > interface unless a keyboard is connected at boot time, so if you plug i=
n a
> > keyboard subsequently it won't work. Nothing the OS can do in this case=
 (I
> > believe), and yes it's a PITA.
>=20
> Keyboard and mouse manufacturers usually give dire warnings about plugging
> in PS/2 devices when the machine is powered up, maybe that's the reason
> why.

I've personally killed about 5 keyboards this way. I don't recommend hot
plugging PS/2 keyboards.

-gordon

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