Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 21:41:04 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Boaz Klappholz <boazk@efn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Initial Boot Failure, possible unsupported hardware? Message-ID: <200003070241.VAA02889@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200003070020.QAA19992@clavin.efn.org>
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On 07-Mar-00 Boaz Klappholz wrote: > Greetings, > > My problem: Initial booting hangs using two tested boot disks. > > I see: > > Searching for Boot rEcord from Floppy..OK > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > BTX Boot loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > then it hangs. > > The machine is: > > AMD k7-700 on a SD11 MB from FIC > 256 megs of PC100 ram > 15.2 gig Maxtor drive ATA-66 > some standard IDE floppy > A NEC CD-Rom drive, IDE > STB Velocity 128 AGP video card > Intel EtherExpress 10/100 NIC Do you have a USB keyboard? If your BIOS doesn't fully emulate your USB keyboard as a normal keyboard the boot floppies can't see it. :( -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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