From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 4 13:32:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6D314D47 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:29:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16118; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:28:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:28:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: root Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.2-RELEASE Install Problem In-Reply-To: <37569399.B1197D33@public.bta.net.cn> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, root wrote: > When I use the 3.2-RELEASE (and the 3.2-CURRENT/3.2-STABLE) kernel > floppy to boot my machine, I receive the following messages > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > - > BTX loader 1.0 BTX version is 1.01 > > While this message is displayed, the disk spins and COM1 is accessed > (i.e. I have an external modem connected to COM1 and it is taken > off-hook and the send and receive lights indicate activity). Both the > modem floppy disk activity stop, and the install hangs. It think you have no keyboard and defaults over to the serial console. If you can connect a computer or dumb terminal to the serial port then you can finish the install. If you can hit a key at the first spinner (before the BTX banner appears), type 'fd(0,a)' at the prompt. This will bypass the -P option setting. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message