Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:22:57 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com> To: "Patrick Simon" <mailsimon@gmx.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installation problem on laptop (keyboard) (need expert help) Message-ID: <00b501bfd2e7$5ff60420$0200000a@danco>
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1. Please stop replying to your own messages as a means of reposting your question. we all heard you the first time. BTW, you were advised to try using an external keyboard. Have you tried that yet? 2. Please stop sending your messages to both 'freebsd-questions' and 'questions', they're the same mailing list. We're all getting 2 copies of every message you resend. 2. Please stop using HTML in your e-mails. It violates e-mail standards (no matter what Microsoft thinks) and is considered rude. You'll receive more help from people if you follow the rules... -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Simon <mailsimon@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; questions@FreeBSD.ORG <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Saturday, June 10, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: installation problem on laptop (keyboard) (need expert help) > To: FreeBSD mailing-list (support) > From: mailsimon@gmx.net > Date: 10/6/00 2:33 EST > Problem: "FreeBSD 4.0 installation problem" > > Hi, > I try to install FreeBSD 4.0 (stable) on my Echos P90 laptop. Further >hardware informations on my laptop are available at: >http://www.seindal.dk/rene/linux/ > > I'm going to do a CDROM installation with two bootdisks, that I created >with "makeflp.bat" (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp). Both disk were creating under >MSDOS. After restarting my laptop, I get the following messages and the >computer hangs. > > --- start here --- > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > --- ends here --- > > It is not possible to enter any parameters at the boot prompt (=> >Keyboard: no). Well, i figured out that I can type some characters a second >before the floppy starts reading. So when I enter the parameter -h, the >installation continues. But I have to be very fast because my keyboard >apparently only works before the disk is loading. Anyway with this little >hint I can continue till the next boot disk, which is "mfsroot.flp". This is >the output with -h till my computer hangs again. > > --- start here --- > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: -h > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > Console: internal video/keyboard > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > BIOS drive C: is disk1 > BIOS 639kB/39936kB available memory > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 > (root@monster.cdrom.com, Mon Mar 20 21:05:31 GMT 2000) > /kernel text=0x1d581e data=0x24c60+0x1a718 | > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > --- ends here --- > > At this point my laptop is stuck again cause I can't press enter after the >disk change. I think that my internal keyboard isn't supported by the >kernel. Even the boot parameter -h, doesn't help at this point. But it got >further than without it. I can press enter while boot disk "kern" is still >being read, but this goes to fast to be able to insert the next disk. I did >it only once and I guess I was very lucky, cause I spend about three houres >last night to figure out how to avoid this problem. But I think I need >serious help now. So if anyone knows how to fix/avoid that problem, please >reply. I really appreciate any kind of help. > > My mailadress: mailsimon@gmx.net > My ICQ: 66026610 (please just mail me if possible) > > Thank you very much in advance ... and I hope that you can just help me >out!!! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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