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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: RTC BIOS error config(20)
Date: 20 Jan 1997 20:50:38 GMT
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docsource1@aol.com (DocSource1) wrote:

> That would explain it.  I am on a serial console only, so I am
> unable to see the intial BIOS/POST stuff, I'll check it out though.
> Thanks for the info.

That would explain it. :-)  I bet you don't have a keyboard plugged
in, and your BIOS sets the ``config error'' bit due to this, despite
of continuing.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)