Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:10:05 +0800 From: James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org> To: auto245751@hushmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Issues - Keyboard "Freeze" (fwd) Message-ID: <01060509100502.10398@evilfry.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200106050058.RAA20712@user8.hushmail.com> References: <200106050058.RAA20712@user8.hushmail.com>
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Please refrain from sending multiple copies.=20 On the last episode Tuesday 05 June 2001 08:57,=20 auto245751@hushmail.com wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 00:43:10 +0000 (GMT+00:00) > Subject: Installation Issues - Keyboard "Freeze" > From: auto245751@hushmail.com > Reply-to: auto245751@hushmail.com > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > How can I disable the 0x1 flags for the keyboard driver during > installation? My previous post didn't get much of a reply. I tried > installing FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on a two year old computer, but > encountered disk errors (ffs_clusteralloc: map mismatch) during > installation that MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. The sad thing is, > there's a critical PR for this problem, and no one seems to want > anything to do with it. So I bought a _NEW_ computer for the > purpose of installing FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE, and now I have some > stupid @!$!@#!@ keyboard problem that MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. > It works fine on every other OS I install, but that's unacceptable! > I want FreeBSD! Before you reply, please realize that this is the > INSTALLATION phase I'm going through, so I have no idea how to > issue sysctls, apply ghastly kernel patches, or disable the damn > 0x1 flags for the keyboard driver. Maybe someone could tell me how > to make my own kern.flp or something. But only if you must -- > sounds like a pain in the ass to me. If I can just get my keyboard > to work (as it does during boot, up until the "kernel configuration > screen"), I'm all set and I'll finally be able to enjoy FreeBSD as > I have over the past year. I never have any complaints about a > running FreeBSD system, so please help me get this installed once > and for all ;-) > > I should've said in my last post that I'm using a PS/2 keyboard. > > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com > > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com --=20 Regards, James Lim http://sg.freebsd.org | http://www.bsd-geeks.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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