From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 3 0:35:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from volodya.prime.net.ua (volodya.prime.net.ua [195.64.229.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B432014E23 for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:35:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Received: from prime.net.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by volodya.prime.net.ua (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01745; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:19:48 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from andyo@prime.net.ua) Message-ID: <3755215F.117D30B7@prime.net.ua> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 15:19:43 +0300 From: "Andy V. Oleynik" Organization: M-Info X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-BETA i386) X-Accept-Language: ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Shashi Joshi Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard problems - CAPS, NUM, SCROLL LOCK lights all keep blinking References: <37556681.74AB0170@Shift-F1.com> <3755950F.D85F4625@prime.net.ua> <19990602170635.A19706@WEBSI.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In previous letters U tald U had installed 2.2.7 on PC. That time I assume U could not only boot GENERIC successfully but even go through the installation process. Is it true? Shashi Joshi wrote: > Hi Andy, > I have been trying some other things and have some more input that might > help : > > 1. I tried the 2.2.7 installation CD instead of booting from hard disk. > ==> Same problem. At the boot: prompt, all 3 lights go blinking. > > 2. I tried to boot from an OLD floppy of 2.2.1 maybe, and that went okay! > 3. I tried to boot from a DOS floppy (system disk) and that was okay too. > > 4. So, I guess, there was something in my BIOS setup that the new installed > freebsd didn't like (which was okay till the last time I had booted. And I > had been working for more than a month on the 2.2.7 version happily) > > 5. I went into BIOS setup, and "Load the defaults". Then I booted from hard > disk, and it was OKAY!!! But, the default settings asked for user password > every time. > > 6. So, I went in again and "Disable Setup Prompt". Boot again from HD and > again the 3 lights blink. > > Here is my conclusion: > 1. Define a USER PASSWORD > Because you have one for admin and user pwd already > defined. > 2. Allow UNATTENDED START > Because you want to reboot remotely, maybe! > 3. Disable SETUP PROMPT > Because you want to reboot remotely, maybe! > > THEN, you are in trouble with 2.2.7 > It would work okay for 2.2.1 or DOS systems though. > > Any ideas why it should happen that way? > > -- WBW Andy V. Oleynik (When U work in virtual office U have good chance to obtain virtual money ö%-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message