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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 11:02:15 -0400
From:      Steven Faulconer <sfaulconer@mindspring.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Keyboard/Boot problem after clean 4.3 install
Message-ID:  <3AE989F7.B71542E@mindspring.com>

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Hello everyone,

I recently decided to install FreeBSD4.3 on a home system, after a
couple of weeks running a small FreeBSD server at work. To start, let me
give you my config (This will be a FreeBSD ONLY system):

FreeBSD 4.3-Release from ISO Image

Tiger Tyan 100 (440BX Chipset)
Dual P-III 450s
512 MB Ram
ATI Rage 128 8mb Video Card
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller
Western Digital 9GB 10K RPM U2W LVD SCSI Hard Drive
3Com 3C905B Network Card
Creative SoundBlaster Awe64 Sound Card
44X IDE CD-Rom (As Master on Primary IDE)
Floppy disk

Each time I've tried to install, everything goes flawlessly, no errors,
no problems. I didn't change anything in the Kernel config, in fact,
I've skipped it each time I've tried to install. The system gets done
installing, and I tell it to reboot. System boots up to boot menu:

F1 FreeBSD

Default : F1

I then hit F1, and the system beeps. Infact, any keystroke other than
ctrl-alt-delete just causes a beep in the system. I've reinstalled
several times, thinking perhaps I did something wrong, but still just
beeps. I've changed the keyboard as well, thinking perhaps it had gone
bad, but it still beeps. I've looked through the archives for this list,
and didn't notice anyone with a similar problem.

I've also looked at the FreeBSD SMP Kernel page (
people.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html). From reading this, the SMP
capable kernel should be already available in 4.3, but please tell me if
I'm wrong.

Thanks for any assistance you can lend with this problem!

Steven Faulconer


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