Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 18:45:45 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Brian Litzinger <brian@mediacity.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non existent keyboard found during serial console boot Message-ID: <199509210145.SAA05371@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Sep 95 18:33:50 PDT." <199509210133.SAA20726@MediaCity.com>
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>in sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial it says: > >- BOOT THE MACHINE. The boot block will probe for a keyboard on your > system. If it fails to find one, you'll see a prompt appear on the > terminal that looks something like this: > > No keyboard found. > > >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/7168 k of memory > Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed. > >My system does not have a keyboard attached and at this point >'No keyboard found.' fails appear. The system boots up >on the VGA display as it usually does. > >Using > boot: /kernel -h >it boots correctly via the serial console. > >I'm about to use the FORCE_COMCONSOLE option, but I like the idea >of having a choice at boot time. > >What have I done wrong? > >I'm running a -current as of just before the sig 11 nightmare. The auto keyboard probe/serial console selector was disabled when it was found to cause problems on some machines. ...That's why you now have to hardwire it with FORCE_COMCONSOLE. -DG
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