Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:20:31 +0000 (GMT) From: "Corey Brune" <brune@SDF.lonestar.org> To: michel.van.simaeys@skynet.be (Michel Van Simaeys) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a solution for the FreeBSD installation on an Olivetti Laptop P133s Echos with a 86-keys keyboard? Message-ID: <200101042120.f04LKVj18822@sdf.lonestar.org> In-Reply-To: <008a01c07691$08011cc0$0ce2043e@sky40294> from "Michel Van Simaeys" at Jan 04, 2001 09:57:58 PM
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> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C07699.661B1A60 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Dear, > > As a newbie to FreeBSD is do not succeed in this installation. In the > history file of this mailing list I saw 5 users who have had the same > problem as I do; I haven't found any solution. > > The problem is: > After creating the installation floppies, I try to boot from them. A few > seconds later I get the message: > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > Then the system continues with the process but fails after about one = > minute. > I have to reset the machine to continue. > > If I prompt the machine just after she came up with the "Keyboard: no" > message, and I enter `-Dh` as is told in the Trouble.TXT file, I get = > the > prompt: > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: > What fBSD is wanting at the boot: prompt is the name of the kernel you want to boot. You can get a listing by typing 'ls' or ? for a list of options (typically it is kernel or kernel.GENERIC). Unfortunately, I have not ran into your keyboard problem, so hopefully someone else on the list can help you with that error. Hope this helps some... Corey > At this point I don't know how to continue: I can enter a value f.ex. = > "DOS" > but then she replies > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: "DOS" > No "DOS" > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)"DOS" > boot: > > > Is there a solution for my problem? If there is no solution I also want = > to here it.=20 > > Greetings. > > Michel > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C07699.661B1A60 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear,<BR><BR>As a newbie to FreeBSD is = > do not=20 > succeed in this installation. In the<BR>history file of this mailing = > list I saw=20 > 5 users who have had the same<BR>problem as I do; I haven't found any=20 > solution.<BR><BR>The problem is:<BR>After creating the installation = > floppies, I=20 > try to boot from them. A few<BR>seconds later I get the=20 > message:<BR>/boot.config: -P<BR>Keyboard: no<BR><BR>Then the system = > continues=20 > with the process but fails after about one minute.<BR>I have to reset = > the=20 > machine to continue.<BR><BR>If I prompt the machine just after she came = > up with=20 > the "Keyboard: no"<BR>message, and I enter `-Dh` as is told in the = > > Trouble.TXT file, I get the<BR>prompt:<BR>>> FreeBSD/i386 = > BOOT<BR>Default:=20 > 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader<BR>boot:<BR><BR>At this point I don't know how to=20 > continue: I can enter a value f.ex. "DOS"<BR>but then she = > replies<BR>>>=20 > FreeBSD/i386 BOOT<BR>Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader<BR>boot: "DOS"<BR>No = > > "DOS"<BR><BR>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT<BR>Default:=20 > 0:fd(0,a)"DOS"<BR>boot:<BR><BR><BR>Is there a solution for my problem? = > If there=20 > is no solution I also want to here it. </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20 > size=3D2>Greetings.<BR><BR>Michel</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>= > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C07699.661B1A60-- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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