From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Dec 18 10:22:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EF137B404; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:22:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from cc-gw.1anetworks.net (cc-gw.1anetworks.net [193.243.179.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9AB7843E4A; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:22:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@ukip.com) Received: from BRI (brian.1anetworks.net [212.36.98.200]) by parma.1anetworks.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA05164; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:22:04 GMT From: "Bri" To: "John Baldwin" , Subject: RE: Install RC1 from CDROM ISO on console Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:18:19 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org here's a work around if you can't get anything else to work. CTRL N to move down and CTRL P to move upwards in the menu's and you'll notice the menu item flash / flicker and the tab keys also work if you watch closely I've installed it many times like this and had success. ps: space bar select on checkboxes. Bri, -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Baldwin Sent: 18 December 2002 18:04 To: Anders Andersson Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Install RC1 from CDROM ISO on console On 18-Dec-2002 Anders Andersson wrote: > I am trying to install the RC1 snapshot from a cdrom on a Sun Ultra 10, > and all works fine with 'boot cdrom'. > > FreeBSD kernel boots and I get to select from 5 different types of > consoles, although neither of these work. The arrow keys doesnt work > neither does Tab on some of them so I cannot proceed the install. > > Could it be that I have a swedish keyboard? > > Is there another way to install? > > I have tried to get the serial cable up and running if that would help > but without success. > > Please bear with me, first time actually installing a different OS then > Solaris on a Sparc box. It's not very usable on the graphics console unfortunately. You really want to install over the serial console if at all possible. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message