>>> 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.

okay, assuming this i'd recommend (even if Mac OS X and/or Mac OS 9 run 
stable [call 9 stable :D]) to troubleshoot your RAM... yes. try 
installing it with only one stick built in (64MByte are okay).

maybe a clue. remember, these boxen don't have ECC (something Apple 
recently added to the Xserver -- hooray!).

HTH,

-- 
:x!

timo