Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 01:29:44 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Initial Boot Failure, possible unsupported hardware? Message-ID: <20000307012944.A5727@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <200003070020.QAA19992@clavin.efn.org>; from boazk@efn.org on Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 04:23:16PM -0800 References: <200003070020.QAA19992@clavin.efn.org>
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 04:23:16PM -0800, Boaz Klappholz wrote: > Greetings, > > My problem: Initial booting hangs using two tested boot disks. > > I see: > > Searching for Boot rEcord from Floppy..OK > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > BTX Boot loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > then it hangs. Are you sure that it hangs. The -P switch means that if no keyboard is found it will use the serial port as console. It might be that your computer doesn't hang but is just waiting for input over the serial port (normally COM1). You might try some other keyboard and see if that works better. > > The machine is: > > AMD k7-700 on a SD11 MB from FIC > 256 megs of PC100 ram > 15.2 gig Maxtor drive ATA-66 > some standard IDE floppy > A NEC CD-Rom drive, IDE > STB Velocity 128 AGP video card > Intel EtherExpress 10/100 NIC > > Now I've seen FreeBSD run on a K7 before, so I'm hoping that it's not a > MB prob. I notice it doesn't detect the keyboard, though if I stick in > the mfsroot floppy (which I did on accident once) it readily recieved > KB input. Anyhow, any and all help would be most appreciated. Thanks in > advance, > > --Boaz Klappholz > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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