>
> Configure systems with or without external peripherals such as keyboards.
>
Is it referred to: what should we do when BIOS complains about keyboard
> missing? Using Terminal connected to a serial port? Using ssh access?
>


> I always took these to mean you should tweak the BIOS settings. LPI is a
> sysadmin exam, not a desktop user exam, so don't go into too much detail on
> this. It's to cater for the case where the BIOS complains about missing
> keyboard (and how you must now press F1) on a headless server
>

I always took it to mean serial console.  The kernel will attempt to use a
tty other than console, including serial, depending on hardware and
configuration.


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