From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 22 18:54: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server1.cyberix.com (server1.cyberix.com [207.106.53.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B539A1109F for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:53:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad@cyberix.com) Received: from BillyJoeBob (max1-ppp-16.cyberix.com [207.106.53.195]) by server1.cyberix.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA29778; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:48:32 -0500 (EST) From: "Brad Benson" To: "freebsd-questions" , "James Brown" Subject: RE: no keyboard, no boot Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 21:52:18 -0500 Message-ID: <000d01be5ed7$875ab180$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <36D1EACF.5396F88F@syndicate.net> X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > i've got a 2.2.7 system that will not boot without a keyboard. i > have selected "absent keyboard" and "disable F1 on any error" in > bios. i also tried a kernel built with options COMCONSOLE and > tried booting with boot.config empty and with the -P flag. is > there something else i could try? > > i built a cyrix 686 running 2.2.7 and it boots fine with the > keyboard disabled in bios. this is an amd 486, maybe the older > bios is a problem? the only solution i can think of is to plug > in a cheap keyboard and shove it inside the chassis. Knowing the bios's in some of those older 386 and 486 machines I would guess that the bios is the problem. Where does the boot stop? What message does the machine give you? If it's before you get a "boot:" prompt, it's probably the computer not FreeBSD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message