Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:05:01 -0500 From: Joe <joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu> To: Dan Beatty <danbgood@swbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot trouble update Message-ID: <20000713100501.B11654@team7.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <KPEHJKCBKMGHFGLBGLEAMEFLCBAA.danbgood@swbell.net>; from danbgood@swbell.net on Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 09:01:25AM -0500 References: <KPEHJKCBKMGHFGLBGLEAMEFLCBAA.danbgood@swbell.net>
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 09:01:25AM -0500, Dan Beatty wrote: > Greetings, > Last night, I tried to install FreeBSD from the PowerPak distribution 4.0 > CD, and ran into some trouble. It did try to boot off of the CD-ROM. > However, the lines that the come from the CD boot or from floppies prepared > from the CD are: > /boot.config: -P > keyboard: no > WTX loader 1.00; WTX version is 1.01 > > What am I doing wrong on the installation? Is it something about my hard > configuration? Any help would be appreciated. > > Dan Beatty Actually, it the BIOS on your motherbhoard not detecting your keyboard. Try hitting space when you first see the little spinning line (/-|), then type `-h` at the boot: prompt to force detection of the keyboard. HTH -Joe > > > P.S. Included here is a listing my basic hardware: > AMD Athlon Processor (550 MHz) > Maxtor 20 GB HD (7200 RPM ATAPI version) > CD Drives: Magic I/O DVD drive, Creative Lab CDRW (2-4-24x) > Linksys 100LNE nic card > Soundblaster Live Value > Currently existing partition and boot status: two Microsoft OS's > Win98 on Drive C: > Win2k on Drive D: > copy files of FreeBSD on Drive E: (partition designated for FreeBSD size > 2048 MB) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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