Re: Changing Boot Order -- Happiness!
Lisi Reisz composed on 2016-03-26 22:44 (UTC):
> I didn't know that the "wrong" one worked in the OS!!
I wasn't conscious of any such thing. Alan proved it does at least in Wheezy.
> I last put the mouse in
> the keyboard one, and vice versa, in the days before they were colour coded,
> when such errors were almost inevitable, and the result was that neither
> worked in anything. So it didn't really matter, one just switched them
> round. Since then I have been fanatically careful - and the colours make it
> so easy.
Not so easy for those of use stuck using keyboards 25 years or more old.
Everything newer either has Function keys in the wrong place for touch
typing[1], or screwball cursor pads[2].
> It is a revelation to me that a keyboard in the green PS2
> connection will work at all!!
Me too!
[1] Function keys for touch typists shown here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northgate_Computers#/media/File:Omnikey102p3248.jpg
[2] "screwball" cursor pad
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Gatewayanykey.jpg/1280px-Gatewayanykey.jpg
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