Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:41:43 -0700 (PDT) From: matt@thebiz.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/18014: Machine doesn't boot without keyboard attached Message-ID: <200004141941.MAA71393@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18014 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Machine doesn't boot without keyboard attached >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 14 12:50:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew Zahorik >Release: 4.0-RELEASE >Organization: BiznessOnline.com >Environment: >Description: When you remove the keyboard on an Alpha DS10 the boot program waits forever, stuck on either ischar() or getchar() in boot/common/boot.c >How-To-Repeat: Remove the keyboard from an Alpha DS10 - do not have anything attached to the serial console. Attempt to boot. >Fix: I just commented out the bit of code that calls getchar/ischar and counts down from 9 in boot/common/boot.c, and set yes = 1; and installed a new loader (I use netboot - I'm fairly certain this will reproduce on diskboot - never tried though) I don't get the chance to interrupt the boot process, but the machines now boot fine (: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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