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keesan2 AT cyberspace.org wrote:
> 
> What does kbd-reset do?  

There has been an entry in the FAQ about this for a while.  
On some systems with a weirdo BIOS (eg. Compaq), the POST 
leaves the keyboard in a nonstandard state.  As a result, 
the 2.2 kernel boots with a dead keyboard (you are unable 
to enter anything at the login prompt).  The solution is 
to add the kbd-reset parameter to the loadlin line.

Since the keyboard reset does no harm, I decided to make 
it the default in BL 2.1 (thereby avoiding that problem for 
the few users affected).  It you have a well-behaved BIOS, 
feel free to remove that parameter.

Cheers,
Steven