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Date:      Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:00:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Patrick Mahan <mahan@cisco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing 4.4 on an AlphaStation 200 (4/166)
Message-ID:  <15326.60097.204117.373197@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20011030092415.0347eeb0@pita.cisco.com>
References:  <5.0.0.25.0.20011030092415.0347eeb0@pita.cisco.com>

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Patrick Mahan writes:
 > I am currently attempting to install FreeBSD on an AlphaStation
 > 200.  SRM is v7.0.  I have both the LK411 and PCXAL keyboards for
 > the alpha.  My problem is after successfully booting the kernel
 > floppy (and mfsroot) and the install shell has initialized, the
 > installer presents a menu of predefined terminal types.  My problem
 > is that once this menu has appeared, the keyboard no longer works.
 > the startup messages show the following:
 > 
 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
 > atkbdc0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
 > atkbdc0: interrupting at ISA irq 1
 > 
 > I have tried both keyboards and a standard AT keyboard off my
 > PC.  All fail to work once the selection menu appears.
 > 
 > Any suggestions?

Remove your TGA video card & install a standard VGA video card.
Or use a serial console.

Drew

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