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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:24:30 -0400
From: Shashi Joshi <shashi@WEBSI.com>
To: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua>
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Subject: Re: Keyboard problems - CAPS, NUM, SCROLL LOCK lights all keep blinking
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Andy V. Oleynik worked magic with the keyboard on Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 03:19:43PM +0300:
> In previous letters U tald U had installed 2.2.7 on PC.
> That time I assume U could not only boot GENERIC
> successfully but even go through the installation process.
> Is it true?

	Yes. I had installed 2.2.7 successfully in March and had been
	working for a month or so. Then I went on vacation for a few weeks.
	Before going, I had installed a user password (in PC BIOS setup)
	and disabled "unattended startup".

	But with those setting in place, I was not able to boot 2.2.7,
	though I was able to boot DOS or 2.2.1 floppy.

	Shashi Joshi

> Shashi Joshi wrote:
> 
> > Hi Andy,
> > I have been trying some other things and have some more input that might

	I meant, since my first email, I tried some more things to shed
	light on the problem.

> > help :
> >
> > 1. I tried the 2.2.7 installation CD instead of booting from hard disk.
> >    ==> Same problem. At the boot: prompt, all 3 lights go blinking.
> >
> > 2. I tried to boot from an OLD floppy of 2.2.1 maybe, and that went okay!
> > 3. I tried to boot from a DOS floppy (system disk) and that was okay too.
> >
> > 4. So, I guess, there was something in my BIOS setup that the new installed
> > freebsd didn't like (which was okay till the last time I had booted. And I
> > had been working for more than a month on the 2.2.7 version happily)
> >
> > 5. I went into BIOS setup, and "Load the defaults". Then I booted from hard
> > disk, and it was OKAY!!! But, the default settings asked for user password
> > every time.
> >
> > 6. So, I went in again and "Disable Setup Prompt". Boot again from HD and
> > again the 3 lights blink.
> >
> > Here is my conclusion:
> >         1. Define a USER PASSWORD
> >                 Because you have one for admin and user pwd already
> >                 defined.
> >         2. Allow UNATTENDED START
> >                 Because you want to reboot remotely, maybe!
> >         3. Disable SETUP PROMPT
> >                 Because you want to reboot remotely, maybe!
> >
> > THEN, you are in trouble with 2.2.7
> > It would work okay for 2.2.1 or DOS systems though.
> >
> > Any ideas why it should happen that way?
> >

-- 
Shashi Joshi                                
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