Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:53:13 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: auto245751@hushmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Issues - Keyboard "Freeze" Message-ID: <20010605095313.C13957@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <200106050747.AAA15307@user8.hushmail.com>; from auto245751@hushmail.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:46:59AM %2B0000 References: <200106050747.AAA15307@user8.hushmail.com>
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You know, sending the same message 10 times will *NOT* get you any further. --Stijn On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 07:46:59AM +0000, auto245751@hushmail.com wrote: > > At Tue, 5 Jun 2001 00:43:10 +0000 (GMT+00:00), auto245751@hushmail.com wrote: > > > > >How can I disable the 0x1 flags for the keyboard driver during installation? > >My previous post didn't get much of a reply. I tried installing FreeBSD > >4.2-RELEASE on a two year old computer, but encountered disk errors > >(ffs_clusteralloc: > >map mismatch) during installation that MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. > >The > >sad thing is, there's a critical PR for this problem, and no one seems > >to > >want anything to do with it. So I bought a _NEW_ computer for the purpose > >of installing FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE, and now I have some stupid @!$!@#!@ > >keyboard > >problem that MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. It works fine on every other > >OS I install, but that's unacceptable! I want FreeBSD! Before you reply, > > please realize that this is the INSTALLATION phase I'm going through, > > so > >I have no idea how to issue sysctls, apply ghastly kernel patches, or > >disable > >the damn 0x1 flags for the keyboard driver. Maybe someone could tell > >me > >how to make my own kern.flp or something. But only if you must -- sounds > >like a pain in the ass to me. If I can just get my keyboard to work > >(as > >it does during boot, up until the "kernel configuration screen"), I'm > >all > >set and I'll finally be able to enjoy FreeBSD as I have over the past > >year. > >I never have any complaints about a running FreeBSD system, so please > >help > >me get this installed once and for all ;-) > > > >I should've said in my last post that I'm using a PS/2 keyboard. > > > >Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com > > > Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com -- If today is the first day of the rest of your life, what the hell was yesterday? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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