From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 23 15: 0: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337BD37B9EA for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:00:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id PAA29675; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:00:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002232300.PAA29675@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "John Daniels" Subject: Re: misc/16901: cannot boot 3.4 floppies Reply-To: "John Daniels" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/16901; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "John Daniels" To: , Cc: 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message