Re: [Clonezilla-live] Is it a good idea to turn on Numlock by default ?

[Konstantin S. <fr...@gm...>]

Steven Shiau wrote:
> Dear all,
> In the latest stable Clonezilla live (1.0.10-8), the Numlock is turned
> on by default. However, maybe it's not a good idea.
> For a normal desktop PC, the keyboard comes with extra number pad.
> However, in laptop, this is not true. Therefore if numlock is on, people
> will confuse when typing alphabets in laptop keyboard.
> Therefore, how do you all think about this ?
> Is it a good idea to turn on Numlock by default ?
>
> Steven.
>   

Most modern laptops have a "numpad" button in addition to "numlock".
Numpad button changes a part of the keyboard into a numpad - and numlock
switches between the numpad modes. In other words, enabling numlock is
perfectly safe.

I'm not sure about older laptops, though.