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From: Brian Litzinger <brian@MediaCity.com>
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Subject: Non existent keyboard found during serial console boot
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 18:33:50 -0700 (PDT)
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in sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial it says:

- BOOT THE MACHINE. The boot block will probe for a keyboard on your
  system. If it fails to find one, you'll see a prompt appear on the
  terminal that looks something like this:

  No keyboard found.

  >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/7168 k of memory
  Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed.
 
My system does not have a keyboard attached and at this point 
'No keyboard found.' fails appear. The system boots up
on the VGA display as it usually does.

Using 
   boot: /kernel -h
it boots correctly via the serial console.

I'm about to use the FORCE_COMCONSOLE option, but I like the idea
of having a choice at boot time.

What have I done wrong?

I'm running a -current as of just before the sig 11 nightmare.

Thanks,

Brian Litzinger
brian@easynet.com