So, I went poking around in my bios.

It says it's a Phoenix BIOS setup utility and that the BIOS Version is 
F.12 with a KBC version of 31.31. Sorry to say I have no idea what that 
means, but practically speaking, it means no way for me to select 
anything with the plug and play componets. I looked through all four 
menu selections (main, security, advanced, and tools). None of them 
mentioned anything about plug and play. The only thing I saw that came 
even close was a selection under advanced about what parallel port mode 
I was using.

Do I need to find a new BIOS utility?

Carrie

Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <41FAA6F6.90905@cjones.org>, Carrie Jones writes:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop. I have tried to install NetBSD 
>>2.0 from a boot cd. The kernel seems to be bumping along fine and then 
>>this error comes up:
>>
>>kbc : cmd word write error
>>
>>The kernel cheerfull goes on to initialize my pcmcia slots and then 
>>hangs on the:
>>
>>No plug and play componets found
>>
>>I was able to install NetBSD 1.6 on this laptop, but never could get it 
>>to work with the keyboard. (I messed with plugging a usb keyboard in 
>>during the boot cycle and got a custom kernel compiled, but the keyboard 
>>still wouldn't work.) Since it was so close to the time for 2.0 to come 
>>out, I just waited and hoped for the best, but I fear that the keyboard 
>>on this laptop is well and truly esoteric.
> 
> 
> I'm guessing, but do you have ISA plug-and-play enabled in your BIOS?  
> Try turning that off.
> 
> 		--Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
> 
>