Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:27:19 +0100 From: "Michel Van Simaeys" <michel.van.simaeys@skynet.be> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installing FreeBSD 3.3 on my Olivetti Laptop P133s Echos with a 86-keys keyboard Message-ID: <001201c074f2$0c7e8620$14e1043e@sky40294>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dear, As a newbie to FreeBSD is do not succeed in this installation. In the history file of this mailing list I saw 5 users who have had the same problem as I do; I haven't found any solution. The problem is: After creating the installation floppies, I try to boot from them. A few seconds later I get the message: /boot.config: -P Keyboard: no Then the system continues with the process but fails after about one minute. I have to reset the machine to continue. If I prompt the machine just after she came up with the "Keyboard: no" message, and I enter `-Dh` as is told in the Trouble.TXT file, I get the prompt: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader boot: At this point I don't know how to continue: I can enter a value f.ex. "DOS" but then she replies >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader boot: "DOS" No "DOS" >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)"DOS" boot: Is there a solution for my problem? Greetings. Michel [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear,<BR><BR>As a newbie to FreeBSD is do not succeed in this installation. In the<BR>history file of this mailing list I saw 5 users who have had the same<BR>problem as I do; I haven't found any solution.<BR><BR>The problem is:<BR>After creating the installation floppies, I try to boot from them. A few<BR>seconds later I get the message:<BR>/boot.config: -P<BR>Keyboard: no<BR><BR>Then the system continues with the process but fails after about one minute.<BR>I have to reset the machine to continue.<BR><BR>If I prompt the machine just after she came up with the "Keyboard: no"<BR>message, and I enter `-Dh` as is told in the Trouble.TXT file, I get the<BR>prompt:<BR>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT<BR>Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader<BR>boot:<BR><BR>At this point I don't know how to continue: I can enter a value f.ex. "DOS"<BR>but then she replies<BR>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT<BR>Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader<BR>boot: "DOS"<BR>No "DOS"<BR><BR>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT<BR>Default: 0:fd(0,a)"DOS"<BR>boot:<BR><BR><BR>Is there a solution for my problem?<BR><BR>Greetings.<BR><BR>Michel</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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