Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:41:22 -0400 From: Gary Girolimon <gary@caramia.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Keyboard: No" message at boot Message-ID: <v04220800b59b438957bb@[24.147.44.120]> In-Reply-To: <v04220800b59a78e781a3@[24.147.44.120]> References: <000b01bff0cb$f90fe8e0$57e17ad1@beefstew> <v04011700b59a57c3786a@[10.1.1.68]> <v04220800b59a78e781a3@[24.147.44.120]>
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Found the answer to my own question in the archives at www.freebsd.org: "FreeBSD's keyboard probe is too fast on the Athlon board for the keyboard controller." "...the problem had something to do with numlock. I was able to confirm this by testing this about two dozen times. Here is what i found: If <Numlock> is off, your keyboard will *not* be found, and you're stuck." So, the workaround is simple. Just press numlock at bootup. >Was about to take the FreeBSD plunge and have already hit my first >wall. When trying to boot from either the CD or a floppy, I get a >message "Keyboard: No" and the system stops. Of course there is a >keyboard and it works fine (and I have tried several models). It >just seems that the FreeBSD installer does not like it. The system >is a newly built Athlon with an MSI Pro motherboard, if that is a >factor. > >Other bootable CDs (Redhat Linux) work fine. > >Any suggestions are appreciated. Gary __________________________ Gary Girolimon PO Box 5733 Manchester, NH 03108 eFax: (419) 730-7062 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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