AZ Nomad <aznomad.2@premoveobthisox.com> wrote:

> How the hell can a usb mouse prevent booting?

I don't know for sure what is going on, or why lilo fails, but I suspect
this is to do with a mouse related interupt being provided by the
computer for emulation purposes. I have seen an option on some computers
BIOS setting relating to the USB mouse. I think it is worded something
like "mouse available from boot" (on some systems it might be something
like "USB mouse provides legacy emulation")

If such an option exists on your system, disable it. You do not need the
mouse available at boot, unless you are using some sort of Apple
Macintosh emulation.

Mark.

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