From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 18 20:43:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA00164 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:43:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA00132 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 20:43:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA04528; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:42:57 -0600 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:42:57 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606190342.VAA04528@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Aaron Dailey" Cc: Nate Williams , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PS/Valuepoint and keyboard hang on install In-Reply-To: <199606190337.VAA27603@btc.btc.adaptec.com> References: <199606190337.VAA27603@btc.btc.adaptec.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 Release on an IBM PS/Valuepoint > > > > > > 6384, and get a keyboard lock once everything boots. > > > > If it does, you can try the ThinkPad boot floppy out, but that doesn't > > fix 'lockups'. When you are in the wrong mode, it's pretty obvious as > > every key you touch doesn't do what you want it to do. (But it *does* > > do something). > > > > My experience is that every key does nothing past a certain point. > I tried bouncing the num lock key during boot up - right after the > uncompressing kernel message the num lock light stops toggling, and > other keys don't work. Keep toggling the num-lock key until *something* happens. When it goes off and doesn't come on for awhile is when the 'toggling' will help. (That's when the keyboard probe is happening and things are disabled.) > Where can I get the thinkpad boot floppy, or would it even help? Not if it's totally locked up. Nate