Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:57:59 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fail to install 4.4 on omnibook 500 Message-ID: <20011123145759.A9650@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20011123233211.A187@gvr.gvr.org>; from guido@gvr.org on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:32:11PM %2B0100 References: <20011123233211.A187@gvr.gvr.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 11:32:11PM +0100, Guido van Rooij wrote: > I got an omnibook 500 today but it completely fails to install FreeBSD. > I have it with a floppy drive. Booting from kern and mfsroot goes fine, > but just after probing ad0, the system kind of hangs. > I disabled all unnecessaryy devices and upgraded the BIOS. > > With 'kind of hangs' I mean that ctrl-alt-del does not work, and > also scroll lock will not work (though the scrolllock led is turned on). > Ctrl-alt-esc gives the No debugger in kernel message and that is about it. > > Does anyone recogize this? Anyone has other options? There seems to be an odd interaction with the 4.4 keyboard probe and some BIOS versions. If you use the keyboard (say, to select the floppy as a boot device) the system will detect the keyboard. Otherwise, it doesn't and boots to the serial console. I haven't had any problems with current and 4.3 worked as well. I think a BIOS upgrade helped, but I can't remember for sure since current didn't have problems. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7/tR2XY6L6fI4GtQRAhvCAJwL4cGvzzP6YQFECimiqL0Kv9aGOACgiqpd wLcLLAkdz9B6U7seYbS6shQ= =pKDc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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