Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:35:27 -0700 From: "John Howie" <JHowie@msn.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Message-ID: <007301bec1e0$6e8704d0$fe01a8c0@pacbell.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BEC1A5.C1B8A220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, My apologies of this is the wrong list, my thanks in advance for any = replies. I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM to v7 (from DEC's = Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable. Everything loads fine = but I cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It = appears (if I read the kernel startup configuration information = correctly) that the kernel is trying to use a serial port for the = keyboard. I did (once) receive an error about my PCXAL keyboard shortly = after the menu was presented to me. The keyboard works fine in the boot = menu's and when running Windows NT. Help! john... ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BEC1A5.C1B8A220 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Folks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My apologies of this is the wrong list, my thanks in = advance=20 for any replies.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have a AlphaStation 400 4/233. I upgraded the SRM = to v7=20 (from DEC's Web-site) and tried to install FreeBSD 3.2 Stable. = Everything loads=20 fine but I cannot select my console type (I am given four options). It = appears=20 (if I read the kernel startup configuration information correctly) that = the=20 kernel is trying to use a serial port for the keyboard. I did (once) = receive an=20 error about my PCXAL keyboard shortly after the menu was presented to = me. The=20 keyboard works fine in the boot menu's and when running Windows = NT.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Help!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>john...</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01BEC1A5.C1B8A220-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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