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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:27:36
Message-Id: AANLkTimqX8_NQdOemzPRRfaJ3HDrHbNJ==O3_g5YMk3m@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch by Harry Putnam
1 On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 > However since I can access the bios thru the KVM switch, shouldn't
3 > that mean I should be also able to access the grub prompt?
4
5 I think that basically GRUB does not have USB HID drivers to know how
6 to talk to your keyboard directly, so the Legacy/DOS/whatever mode in
7 your BIOS makes the BIOS emulate a standard PS/2 keyboard from your
8 USB keyboard. AFAIK. :)

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[gentoo-user] Re: Long standing problem of booting thu kvm switch Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>