Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 18:35:48 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com> To: "Michael C. Newell" <mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov> Cc: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... Message-ID: <199507250135.SAA00350@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Jul 95 21:25:19 EDT." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950724211951.22605A-100000@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov>
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>On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, Joe McGuckin wrote: ... >The answer is: sort of. :-) > >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. :-) -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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