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  1. Organization: Administrative Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bg11+
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Message-ID: <QefVkw600WAJBRk0k6@andrew.cmu.edu>
  5. Date: Wed,  9 Sep 1992 11:46:04 -0400 
  6. From: "Brian E. Gallew" <geek+@CMU.EDU>
  7. Subject: Re: Two suggestions .. comments welcome, please!
  8. In-Reply-To: <1992Sep9.071853.6652@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
  9. References: <KFOGEL.92Sep8192936@edvac.cs.oberlin.edu>
  10.     <1992Sep9.071853.6652@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
  11. Distribution: comp.os.linux
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  14. >A better idea would be for the boot disk to optionally ask the data from
  15. >the user, instead of requiring hardwired, patched-in values.  This
  16. Actually, I am working on this even now.  The problem I have run into
  17. is that I am almost completely clueless on how to get the kernel to
  18. get keystrokes where I can use them.  Otherwise, it is basically done.
  19.  
  20. Want to help?  Send me some kernel input routines!
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  22.  
  23.                                   -Brian
  24.  
  25. You drop the bomb -more-
  26. It goes off... -more-
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  28. |  My cluelessness is more real than apparent...                        |
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  30. |  DEC measures their benchmarks with a calendar!!                      |
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