Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 00:49:33 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Patrick Simon <mailsimon@gmx.net> Subject: Re: installation problem on laptop (keyboard) Message-ID: <200006100449.AAA02607@server.baldwin.CX> In-Reply-To: <20000610135248.S81728@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On 10-Jun-00 Greg Lehey wrote: > On Saturday, 10 June 2000 at 0:16:23 -0400, Patrick Simon wrote: >> Hi, >> I got huge problem while installing FreeBSD 4.0 on my Echos P90 Laptop. I >> know that it is actually supported, but I'm still facing a big problem. When >> I start my installation with the first boot disk "kernel" ... my computer >> hangs after the following messages: >> >> /boot.config: -P >> Keyboard: no Press a key at the very beginning, and then type '-h' at the boot: prompt. After that it should work fine. >>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT >> Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader >> boot: >> >> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 >> >> -- stops right here -- >> >> Well I already figured out that my keyboard isn't supported. > > Interesting. Yes, you're right, but I haven't seen this before. Is > this the internal keyboard? Can you connect an external keyboard? If > so, does that help? I've seen it. Mostly on K7 motherboards with broken BIOSen. > Greg -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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