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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Problems with bootstrap
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> Using the standard biosboot, I am having problems selecting
> the kernel (the bootstrap does not respond to keyboard activity
> at all.)  I can boot /kernel, but that is it.  Before boot,
> I can configure the bios, with no problems.  After boot, freebsd
> works fine.
> 
> Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions for solving this
> problem?  I am dead until this thing is fixed (all I will
> venture to do is to boot my existing kernel :-(.)
> 
> MB:  SuperMicro P6DNF, AMI bios....
> 
More info, isch() isn't ever sensing a character being typed.  I
simply commented out the isch test (disabling the timeout), and
it works (getchar is okay.)

Any known AMI bios bugs?  (I am NOT the person who knows all of
these bios things.)

John