Re: Using hpcboot with keyboard only

["Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe%ptc.spbu.ru@localhost>]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 23:32:18 -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:

> Whenever I do a hard boot, I always just hit "enter" and "esc" to get 
> through the calibration and setup screens rather than actually 
> calibrating. Then I restore the backup from CF using HP backup.
> 
> The only reason I have to do this is because I cannot find a way to 
> activate the "boot" button in hpcboot without the touchscreen. It's 
> possible to tab through the other selections using just the keyboard, 
> but the "boot" itself requires pressing the screen.
> 
> Is there a trick that allows you to use the keyboard for that? Then I 
> could go directly to hpcboot after a hard start without restoring or 
> going through the screen calibration.

hpcboot from current should be operatable without touchscreen.

    http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcsh/2004/02/28/0001.html


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