On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 12:07:44AM +0000, Kent Polk wrote:
> I'm trying to install 1.4.2 on a 133MHz Pentium box to use as a
> firewall. I've gone through the installation process a number of
> times in a number of ways, and every time I reboot after the
> installation is complete, the keyboard goes dead and I can't log
> in. It occurs during the netbsd boot sequence (after the boot choice
> sequence and before the login prompt). Changing the keyboard out
> doesn't help either.
> 
> I've built several boxes using the identical install set files with
> nothing like this.
> 
> What the heck is taking out the keyboard during the boot sequence?

I've had problems with a similar machine (P100) when I turned on
pnpbios support for the keyboard.  Does the dmesg output show it
finding the pckbc?

And I've yet to get a machine to find the floppy controller and drive
using pnpbios.

jf
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