From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 2 11:30:47 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 11:30:43 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from morpheus.skynet.be (morpheus.skynet.be [195.238.2.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D81C37B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:30:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from sky40294 (dialup276.antwerpen.skynet.be [62.4.225.20]) by morpheus.skynet.be (Postfix) with SMTP id D86E8E1CB for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:30:20 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <001201c074f2$0c7e8620$14e1043e@sky40294> From: "Michel Van Simaeys" To: Subject: Installing FreeBSD 3.3 on my Olivetti Laptop P133s Echos with a 86-keys keyboard Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 20:27:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01C074FA.67CFEDE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C074FA.67CFEDE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C074FA.67CFEDE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear,

As a newbie to FreeBSD is = do not=20 succeed in this installation. In the
history file of this mailing = list I saw=20 5 users who have had the same
problem as I do; I haven't found any=20 solution.

The problem is:
After creating the installation = floppies, I=20 try to boot from them. A few
seconds later I get the=20 message:
/boot.config: -P
Keyboard: no

Then the system = continues=20 with the process but fails after about one minute.
I have to reset = the=20 machine to continue.

If I prompt the machine just after she came = up with=20 the "Keyboard: no"
message, and I enter `-Dh` as is told in the = Trouble.TXT file, I get the
prompt:
>> FreeBSD/i386 = BOOT
Default:=20 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader
boot:

At this point I don't know how to=20 continue: I can enter a value f.ex. "DOS"
but then she = replies
>>=20 FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader
boot: "DOS"
No = "DOS"

>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default:=20 0:fd(0,a)"DOS"
boot:

Is there a solution for my=20 problem?

Greetings.

Michel

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