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Date:      Wed, 25 May 2005 07:03:13 +1000
From:      Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>
To:        peadar@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mac mini install w/ latest ISO => dead keyboard at sysinstall
Message-ID:  <42939691.2060707@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <34cb7c840505240857736e6f67@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <34cb7c840505240857736e6f67@mail.gmail.com>

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> on my shiny new mac mini: it gets as far as starting sysinstall, at
> which point the machine is either hard hung, or the keyboard isn't
> working (It's kinda hard to tell which). It's a standard apple USB
> wired keyboard and mouse: I definitely saw a ukbd0 attach flash by in
> the boot output, but it's kinda hard to capture. (and I haven't done
> any "home improvement" yet, so there's nothing odd about the machine.
> 
> I got the impression that this build should "just work" on the Mini,
> so sorry if this is a known issue.
> 
> Any hints?

  Would you be able to break into the loader and do a 'boot -a' ?
This will at least keep the probe msgs on screen, and test if the
keyboard is working at the mountroot> prompt.

later,

Peter.



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