Off-topic: Silly error messages (was RE: [Mimedefang] MIME type message/partial)
Aleksandar Milivojevic
amilivojevic at pbl.ca
Tue Nov 9 16:51:41 EST 2004
David F. Skoll wrote:
> Or how about the losers who program some BIOSes?
>
> "Keyboard error. Press F1 to continue."
Actually, this is not as silly as it might seem on first look. The
purpuse of this error message is to make sure user will connect the
keyboard before BIOS boots the OS. The (correct) assumption is that
99.999% of time, error will be caused by missing keyboard, not by faulty
keyboard. You connect the keyboard, press F1, machine boots. No
keyboard, no F1, no boot. If you want to allow boot without keyboard,
set 'halt on all errors except keyboard'. Simple ;-)
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Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic at pbl.ca> Pollard Banknote Limited
Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place
Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
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