Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:33:43 EST From: "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: problem with install bootup Message-ID: <20000223193343.69694.qmail@hotmail.com>
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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 harward 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.
Can anyone explain this?
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?
I am very excited about getting freeBSD. I read a lot about installation
and freeBSD before I started the install process, 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 try
RedHat but Linux doesn't support USB. This seems to have been a lucky
coincidence since it appears that freeBSD is *much* better (more stable,
more centralized, coherent development, astoundingly easy to use/upgrade
especially with PORTS system, and a license that appears to be better for
developers). FreeBSD appears to be the best kept secret in "free" operating
systems!
John
jmd526@hotmail.com
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