Bug 14396

Summary:	Floppy install of 3.2-release, 3.3-release hang without detecting keyboard
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	jan grant <jan.grant>
Component:	i386	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description jan grant 1999-10-18 14:50:01 UTC

Using the boot floppy/FTP install method on a Genie-2 Pentium II-350
machine from Viglen. (1245522-SEM is the serial number, exact motherboard
details are available from their website keyed on this); BIOS is
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 rel 6.0, dated 08/20/98.
Boot didn't progress very far: "keyboard: no" was displayed. Either the
bios or the bootloader can't see the keyboard.
I've called this a "low prioprity" problem 'cause it's simple to
work around; however, failing at the first hurdle may put off potential
BSD users.

Fix: 

The workaround I used was to drop into BIOS setup and exit during the
floppy boot. Note, this doesn't affect normal operation, just the 
installation.
How-To-Repeat: I tried this in multiple configurations on a few recent Viglen machines,
all had the same BIOS revision.

Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn 1999-10-18 15:09:44 UTC

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 06:40:41 MST, jan.grant@bristol.ac.uk wrote:

> >Synopsis:  Floppy install of 3.2-release, 3.3-release hang without
> >detecting keyboard

Are you sure you get this with 3.3-RELEASE and not 3.2_RELEASE? This was
a known problem with 3.2-RELEASE, but it's not mentioned in the
3.3-RELEASE ERRATA.TXT.

See http://www2.za.freebsd.org/releases/3.2R/errata.html .

Ciao,
Sheldon.

Comment 2 jan grant 1999-10-29 11:15:52 UTC

Yep, I'm sure; i tried both 3.2 and 3.3 install disks, which I got
directly from ftp.freebsd.org (I've been stung by mirror latency before)

-- 
jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk
Goedel would be proud - I'm both inconsistent _and_ incomplete.

Comment 3 d-lewart 1999-11-14 00:25:11 UTC

FreeBSD bug exterminators,

> Are you sure you get this with 3.3-RELEASE and not 3.2_RELEASE?  This was
> a known problem with 3.2-RELEASE, but it's not mentioned in the
> 3.3-RELEASE ERRATA.TXT.

I also get this with 3.3-RELEASE.  Here are some details:
	Keyboard:	NetServer 101-key HP C1405B
	Motherboard:	HP NetServer LM D2182-60006
	BIOS:		PhoenixBIOS(TM) E486 Version 1.00.20.AM0
After "boot -v", the following lines are in /var/run/dmesg.boot.

Good luck,
Daniel Lewart
d-lewart@uiuc.edu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
atkbd: the current kbd controller command byte 0065
atkbd: keyboard ID 0x41ab (2)
kbdc: RESET_KBD return code:00fa
kbdc: RESET_KBD status:00aa
sc0 on isa
sc0: fb0 kbd0
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
ed0 not found at 0x280
fe0 not found at 0x300
atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard
atkbd0 irq 1 on isa
kbd0: atkbd0, AT 101/102 (2), config:0x0, flags:0x3d0000
psm0: current command byte:0065
kbdc: TEST_AUX_PORT status:0000
kbdc: RESET_AUX return code:00fe
kbdc: RESET_AUX return code:00fe
kbdc: RESET_AUX return code:00fe
kbdc: DIAGNOSE status:0055
kbdc: TEST_KBD_PORT status:0000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment 4 iedowse freebsd_committer

2001-07-10 00:37:30 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->feedback


Is this still a problem with more recent releases such as 4.3?

Comment 5 iedowse freebsd_committer

2001-09-26 20:19:14 UTC

State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed


Feedback timeout.