From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 20:27:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from secure.smtp.email.msn.com (secure.smtp.email.msn.com [207.46.181.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 907C914D2C for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:27:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from JHowie@msn.com) Received: from JHowie - 216.103.48.12 by email.msn.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:27:41 -0700 Message-ID: <007301bec1e0$6e8704d0$fe01a8c0@pacbell.net> From: "John Howie" To: Subject: Problem installing on AlphaStation 400 4/233 Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:35:27 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0070_01BEC1A5.C1B8A220" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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

Folks,

My apologies of this is the wrong list, my thanks in = advance=20 for any replies.

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.

Help!

john...

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