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Re: USB keyboard


From: Richard Tobin <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 00:21:54 +0100 (BST)

>     It's a BIOS [mis]-feature.  The two are definitely interfering with
>     each other so emulation should probably remain off.

Right, but isn't it possible for the OS to turn off the emulation
once it's up and running?

>     The boot issue
>     is a harder nut to crack.  When emulation is turned off does the
>     keyboard still work when you are at the boot0 prompt (the blah blah F1> 
>     prompt) ?  i.e. if you hit the default key does it immediately move onto
>     the next stage ?

No.  The keyboard is already dead by then (I think: I don't have the
machine here).  Luckily I don't have any other operating systems
installed :-)

-- Richard



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