Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@concentric.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/16901: cannot boot 3.4 floppies Message-ID: <200002232300.PAA29675@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@concentric.net>
To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, <dragona@interaccess.com>
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Subject: Re: misc/16901: cannot boot 3.4 floppies
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:02:49 -0500
I have the same sort of problem.
When I boot from the kern floppy my system hangs after the following is
printed to the screen:
===============================================
/boot.config: -P
Keyboard: no
-
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
===============================================
My system is an Acer Aspire PIII 450, 128MB RAM, 8GB HD with the following
hardware:
Human Interface Devices (HID) USB mouse and keyboard
(*NOTE* only USB keyboard - no PS/2 or AT-style ports)
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to PCI bridge
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Process to AGP Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode)
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB Power Management Controller
(the Intel 82371AB/EB architecture is specifically supported according to
the hardward notes at freeBSD.org)
ATI XPERT 98 Display adapter
Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 70 Monitor
ESS Solo-1 Soundblaster sound card
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
3com FastEtherlink XL 10/100MB TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-2500
Generic IDE Harddisk and Floppy disk
First: It's my understanding that USB is supported so I don't understand why
I get the message "Keyboard: no." Second: Everything seems to go well for
2-3 minutes: the drive is humming, I get messages on the screen, etc but
then the baton stops turning, the floopy stops (I guess it has finished
reading) and nothing happens.
NOTE I have the second floppy disk: mfsroot and I have tried putting it
into the drive after a couple of minutes of inactivity (despite not being
prompted to do so) but nothing happens (even after hitting return a few
times).
What is the correct behavior? Shouldn't there be a prompt for the second
disk?
FYI: I am a "newbie," and have done extensive reading about FreeBSD over teh
last few days. I am very excited about getting freeBSD but I never thought
I would have problems this early in the install process. I have used
VAX/VMS and Win95/98/NT for many years. I was going to use Redhat but,
Linux doesn't support USB. This appears to be a lucky coincidence, however,
since FreeBSD seems to be *much* better (more stable, more central and
coherent development, easier (PORTS), possibly a better license for
developers, etc.) FreeBSD seems to be the best-kept secret in "free"
operating systems!
John
John
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