Re: what is pckbc0 ? installing netbsd of HP DL140G3

[Philip <subs%christiantena.net@localhost>]

I tried this procedure on the DL140G3

interrupt the boot countown and type 'boot -c'.
Then type
disable pckbc
quit

the problem is that when I typed "boot -c"
the system locks up before I can type "disable pckbc"
I don't know what happens when I type "boot -c" but I'm guessing that it starts 
loading the kernel and one of the first things it does is to connect itself to 
the keyboard, or something...

regards, Philip



Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:09:51PM +0000, Philip wrote:
>   
>> I tried to install NetBSD 4 on a HP DL140 G3 today at work (and failed).
>> I want to use it as a firewall in front of a Linux server that has some 
>> rather sensitive stuff on it.
>> The DL140 G3 is the cheapest rack mount server that HP do and it comes with 
>> iLo and mine has a RAID
>> controller too, great stuff.
>>
>> The install kernel hung for a long time and the keyboard didn't work.
>> According to this doc
>> http://maciejewski.org/?cat=8
>> if I recompile the kernel with pckbc0 support then it will work okay
>>     
>
> I guess you mean 'without'; the kernel already has -c
>
>   
>> so some questions...
>> What's pckbc0 ?
>>     
>
> The keyboard controller
>
>   
>> without pckbc0 is it just picking up keyboard input from the bios rather 
>> than directly from the
>> keyboard or something ?
>>     
>
> I guess there's a USB keyboard, isn't it ?
>
>   
>> How do I compile an install kernel without it and boot it ?
>>     
>
> At first you can interrupt the boot countown an type 'boot -c'.
> Then type
> disable pckbc
> quit
>
> and it should boot with pckbc disabled.
>
>
>   
>> or can I some way to redirect to serial port and install from there ?
>>     
>
> You can, there's a boot-com.iso iso image (with only the installer, you'll
> have to swap in your full 4.0 CD to install the sets once the kernel is
> loaded).
>
>