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From: monk@cyberspace.com (Robert Mobbs)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 1.1.5.1: how disable initial NUMLOCK on condition for vir. terminals?
Date: 12 Nov 1994 18:02:54 -0800
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Michael Giegerich (migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de) wrote:

: After booting the system when accessing my virtual terminals on
: console for the very first time they come all up in NUMLOCK on
: condition.

: Can I disable this somehow?

	Is this command not in your BIOS?
	It is on mine.  I just hit Ctrl-A-S when I'm booting, and I go
into BIOS...then I turn off the "NumLock on at Boot" line, and reboot. 
	Sorry if you've already tried this route ;)

Robert Mobbs
monK@cyberspace.com