-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Richard Rauch [mailto:rauch@eecs.ukans.edu]
-> Subject: Re: Kernel diet

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-> > Unfortunately some old BIOSes have the annoying property that they
-> > refuse to boot without something looking like a keyboard attached;
-> > as witnessed by the infamous "No Keyboard, press F2 to continue"
-> > error message (or variants thereof).  Your mileage may wary.
-> 
-> Yes, I suppose.  (I also have a somewhat newer machine that 
-> won't boot
-> without a video card in it---and there's no BIOS option to 
-> override that
-> in that machine, that I could ever find.)  Still, that 
-> doesn't mean that
-> you have to have a bulky monitor attached.  And as far as 

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	Most PC bios' do have the option to "not stop" or "continue past
keyboard error", or something to that effect. My NetBSD firewall PC has that
option, so the only cords attached to it are power, and the two network
wires. Since the bios doesn't stop on error, I don't have to worry about a
power drop...

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