That was it.

Some much for the new fangled generic windows keyboard!

I pulled a, tried and true, IBM PS/2 keyboard out and up came install!

Thanks,

John A. Maier
Kemper Military School and College
Director of MIS
Voice: 660-882-5623
Fax: 660-882-3778
Email: johnam@kemper.org
Web: www.kemper.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Gillham [mailto:gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 4:33 PM
> To: John A. Maier
> Cc: netbsd-help
> Subject: Re: alpha Multia UDB keyboard
>
>
>
> John A. Maier writes:
> > I just got an Alpha Multia UDB 166Mhz.
> >
> > I tried NT (just to see if it would work) and it starts to
> install but NT
> > 4.0 install needs to have an existing NT partition.
> >
> > Then I tried NetBSD 1.4.1 (what I originally got it for)
> and it boots of
> > the floppy(s) okay (bar the overread underread warnings)
> and I get the
> > [vt100] prompt and nothing!  The keyboard is locked!
> >
> > I even went through the FAQ and even put a 4in muffin fan
> on top and left
> > the box open.
> >
> > Is this normal?  Are there any work arounds?
>
> My keyboard (on a switch also) works fine.  Perhaps your
> keyboard is flakey
> or something.  You can try using a serial console long enough
> to get installed
> etc.  You might try a 1.4.2_ALPHA snapshot kernel as well.
>
> With NT, don't you need to load 'ARCSETUP' or something first
> to partition
> the drive, then install NT?
>
> -Andrew
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