Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.6.2 and G3 B&W
To: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
From: Mehul N. Sanghvi <mnsanghvi@comcast.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/21/2004 15:34:37
John Klos wrote:
>>     I have a G3 B&W that I want to install NetBSD on, but am running 
>> into a problem during the install.  Things go fine until the point 
>> where I am asked to select the terminal type.  At that point 
>> everything freezes up.  I press "Return" to try and accept the default 
>> but that does not work.  No other key stroke works either.  Its as if 
>> the key board is frozen.  The only thing I can do at this point is to 
>> do a hard reboot and start over and repeat the whole cycle.
> 
> 
> You could try to unplug all USB stuff except for the keyboard - I've 
> seen that problem before. Another alternative is to try an ADB keyboard.
> 
> John Klos
> 


John,

      The keyboard is an ADB keyboard.  I have no USB devices.  No extra 
hardware on it.  Just a couple of hard drives, and slightly over 750MB 
of RAM.


cheers,

     mehul