Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:50:32 -0800 From: Patrick Mahan <mahan@cisco.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing 4.4 on an AlphaStation 200 (4/166) Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20011030164857.03487500@pita.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <15326.60097.204117.373197@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20011030092415.0347eeb0@pita.cisco.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20011030092415.0347eeb0@pita.cisco.com>
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Thanks, That was it. Perhaps this should be detailed out in the Alpha Hardware notes (or even the release notes). I also had to initial reset to factory defaults to get SRM to boot the floppy. Thanks, Patrick At 01:00 PM 10/30/01 -0500, Andrew Gallatin spoke: >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 > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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