Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:24:26 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'A.G. Russell IV'" <arussell@bifrost.agrknives.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: install problems with 3.X on AT motherboards... Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D63@site2s1>
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This is in the errata for 3.2. Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.2R/errata.html Alternatively, this is corrected in 3.3. -Chris <<From 3.2 Errata>> o While booting the install floppy, user sees the following message and nothing seems to happen, nor can anything be entered from the keyboard: Keyboard: no Fix: Due to a lack of space, full support for old XT/AT (84-key) keyboards is no longer available in the bootblocks. Some notebook computers may also have this type of keyboard and if you are still using this kind of hardware, you will see the above message about no keyboard being found when you boot from an installation CD-ROM or floppy. As soon as you see the message, hit the space bar and you will see the following prompt: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: x:xx(x,x)/boot/loader boot: Then enter `-Dh', and things should proceed normally with your keyboard type. This only happens once at initial installation time and will not be a problem afterwards. > -----Original Message----- > From: A.G. Russell IV [SMTP:arussell@bifrost.agrknives.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:50 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: install problems with 3.X on AT motherboards... > > I have 6 servers, 1 ASUS ATX 450mhz K6-2 motherboard with FreeBSD 3.2 > 3 ASUS AT 450/350 K6-2 and P5 100 motherboard with > freebsd 2.2.5 and 2.2.8 and 2.2.8 > 2 boardrunner AT K6 233 and 350 with freebsd 2.2.8 > > I have an ASUS ATX with NT installed, it will boot 2.2.8 and 3.2 cds and > diskettes > All have IDE CDroms. > > the FreeBSD 3.2 Server will boot 2.2.8 and 3.2 cds and diskettes > the AT systems will not boot 3.X CD's or diskettes, but will boot 2.2.8 > diskettes > and CD's > > > they will also boot Linux win98 winnt dos and so on. > > > The messages > > Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: > 1. FD 2.88MB System Type-(00) > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > - > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > > then nothing > > is there any flags I can set to see what is going on? > > A.G. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > _____ > A.G. Russell IV KC5KFD High Order Software e-mail: > ag4@hos.net > Phone 512-834-1145 > These are my views, on anyone else they would look silly. > When it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed by tomorrow... > United States Marine Corps > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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