[rescue] Re: Sun memo regarding Java

Robert Novak rnovak at indyramp.com
Thu Feb 13 16:55:55 CST 2003


On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> Jeffrey Nonken <jeff_work at nonken.net> wrote:
> 
> > Um, oh dear. Your average PC will not work without a graphics card and
> > RAM; it'll just sit there and beep. Absolute minimum configuration.

Actually, you may have to tell it in the BIOS to ignore errors, but it
should work just fine without keyboard/mouse/graphics. 

> Mine uses a USB keyboard, but it is not available when doing anything in
> BIOS config.

Oddly, my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) accepts the USB keyboard in BIOS and
in Windows but not in FreeBSD. Haven't bothered to troubleshoot it yet.
You may have to enable a "legacy usb" support option in the BIOS at some
point with a PS/2 keyboard to make this work. 

--Rob

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