Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:27:36 GMT From: "Georg-W. Koltermann" <gwk@mnet-mail.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/98910: keyborad not working at mountroot prompt Message-ID: <200606131827.k5DIRaIY090355@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200606131830.k5DIUEWS040005@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 98910 >Category: kern >Synopsis: keyborad not working at mountroot prompt >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 13 18:30:14 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Georg-W. Koltermann >Release: 6.1-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hunter.localnet 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #1: Thu May 18 06:54:14 CEST 2006 gwk@hunter.localnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HUNTER i386 >Description: If the root entry in /etc/fstab is wrong, the kernel prompts for the root device after loading, right before it wants to mount root. In 6.1-RELEASE I do get the prompt, but cannot type anything. The keyboard is completely unresponsive, not even CTL-ALT-DEL, nothing. System is IBM T42P laptop. >How-To-Repeat: Put an incorrect disk as / mountpoint into /etc/fstab; then try to reboot Be sure to have another bootable medium ready, otherwise you will be stuck :-) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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