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Re: Installation



On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:02:33AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 02:56 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 06:33:02PM +0200, lee wrote:
> >
> >>They even have begun to use different keys to get into the BIOS quite some
> >>time ago.
> >
> >Really? Have you got a source for that allegation?
> 
> http://www.mydigitallife.info/comprehensive-list-of-how-key-to-press-to-access-bios-for-various-oem-and-computer-systems/
> http://www.cpucare.net/Hardware/BIOS/Access_BIOS.htm
> http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000192.htmhttp://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_pc.htm
> 
> All from the first page of Google hits for 'BIOS key'. Not all of them support
> the "quite some time ago" part of the claim (though at least one indicates that

Well, the "quite some time ago" was what Lee was alleging. 
Also the phrase "They even have begun to use ..." AFAIU, there has 
always been a miriad of keys being used, I wasn't aware that they 
were starting to use even more.

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