Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:17:58 +0100 (WEST) From: Paulo Melo <pmelo@fe.uc.pt> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing-List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't install with 4.1 or 4.1.1, but can with 4.0RC2 (solved) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010151511490.3452-100000@pc30.inescc.pt> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010131552440.21945-100000@contraponto.fe.uc.pt>
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Hi again. Just solved the problem... It was THE KEYBOARD. Still don't know why it wouldn't work with 4.1 or 4.1.1 when it did with 4.0 (standard PS/2 keyboard) but I switched it with another and it works now (the old one hung BOTH PS/2 ports, and as such the mouse was also placed off-line - strange). Moral of the story: Sometimes when the keyboard stops responding - it may be the keyboard thats faulty (better said, incompatible with FreeBSD as it works without a hitch on linux and Win9x). Best regards Paulo Melo On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Paulo Melo wrote: > Hi all - I hope this is the right place to post this one. > > I have a server with a N440BX motherboard but with just one > PIII550 processor. The board has an in-board Symbios SYM53C876 SCSI > controller, and I have 3 x 9GB disks in it. No exotic hardware was added. > > I could without any trouble install 4.0RC2 in it (to try it out, > some 6 months ago). However, I intend now to put it to work, and am trying > to install 4.1.1 on it. However, having created the kernel and mfsroot > diskettes I noticed it hang up on me in /stand/sysinstall (it boots the > kernel without problems, draws the screen for sysinstall but hangs without > recognizing the keyboard afterwards). I tried to boot a CD with 4.1 and > the same thing happens. However, the 4.0RC2 CD allows me to install > without problems. This is no problem in the media, as it was used to make > another install in an older machine without problems. > > My guess is that is something to do with SMP support (as I only have one > processor) but I see no sign of it on the boot messages up to the hang > point. Is this support in the -Stable branch active? If so, can it be > de-activated? Any other suggestions (I would prefer not to upgrade it > from a running 4.0RC2 system, as it is on a slow link)? > > TIA > Paulo Melo > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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