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