From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Mar 27 12:00:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA16170 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:00:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA16130; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:00:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:00:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703272000.MAA16130@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Subject: Re: i386/3124: BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD hangs system in bootblocks Reply-To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR i386/3124; it has been noted by GNATS. From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: nsayer@quack.kfu.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/3124: BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD hangs system in bootblocks Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:24:56 +0100 As nsayer@quack.kfu.com wrote: > >Synopsis: BOOT_PROBE_KEYBOARD hangs system in bootblocks That's why it is an option, and not the default. We _knew_ that it tends to hang some odd machine (after hard experience when making this the default case in some release), and had to back it out again. Unless you find a way that works for your BIOS/keyboard combination without breaking some other combination, it is not likely to be fixed by somebody ever (since it's impossible without a machine that experiences the problem). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)