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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:11:03 +0200
From:      Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 Available...
Message-ID:  <20081218161103.GA52173@phat.za.net>
In-Reply-To: <1228876766.35416.23.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>
References:  <1228876766.35416.23.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu>

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Hi,

| By Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
|                                          [ 2008-12-10 04:40 +0200 ]
> In addition to general testing we're looking for information about
> potential problems with the boot loader.  There has been traffic here
> about problems but the reports haven't helped narrow down the causes
> yet.  So far it seems to be related to USB keyboards and at least so far
> systems with more than one processor in them.  More data points like
> cases where a USB keyboard was not involved as well as if possible
> things like which motherboard it is might help us narrow down the cause.
> Testing on a variety of motherboards, of varying ages and manufacturers
> would help.

I have been experiencing problems with loader(8) on my system.  Essentially
it freezes the system if "too much" keyboard input is given.  Please see
these posts for more background:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/046176.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/046189.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-November/046337.html

I've just tested booting up with an i386 RC1 disc and the problem is still
there.

My motherboard is an Intel DG33BU.


Regards,
Aragon



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