Bug 16991

 It turns out that my problem may not have been related to the "cannot boot 
 3.4 floppies" of gnats 16901.  It was pointed out to me that the disks were 
 booting but my output was redirected, possibly because the BIOS didn't 
 recognize my keyboard.  In fact I had the same problem with the 3.3 floppies.
 
 I get the following output for both 3.3 and 3.4:
  ===============================================
  /boot.config: -P
  Keyboard: no
  -
  BTX loader 1.00   BTX version is 1.01
  ===============================================
 
  PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:  I *can* boot the NetBSD installation floppy.  
 This leads me to believe that my BOIS is not the problem but that there may 
 be a bug in USB support.  I have a Human Interface Devices (HID) USB.  The 
 only port for a keyboard is USB (I don't have either a PS/2 or AT-style 
 keyboard port) so I must have boot floppies that support USB *OR* I would be 
 willing to make some changes in my BIOS (but that doesn't appear to be 
 necessary)
 
 QUESTIONS: 1-Do the installation floppies currently have USB support at all?  
 2-If so/if not how long will it take to add/debug?  3-Will FreeBSD 4.0 
 installation disks support/fix USB?  4- I can get to a system prompt after 
 booting the NetBSD install floppy *SO* can I run FreeBSD install from there?  
 AND if I do, will the FreeBSD system that is installed support USB on install 
 or do I have to recompile the kernel (as is required, for example, to obtain 
 USB support in Linux)  5- LASTLY, if the answers to my previous questions are 
 not satisfactory (weeks to do a fix, no USB support upon install, etc.), does 
 anyone know if it is possible, or how difficult it might be to install 
 FreeBSD over/after an install of NetBSD.
 
 Basically, booting the NetBSD install floppy and then running FreeBSD install 
 program(s) or installing over NetBSD seems like a good *possible* work around 
 for my problem. 
 
 I thank you in advance and sincerely appreciate any help.
 
 John
 Please respond to: jmd526@hotmail.com 
 
 FYI: System Specs,
  My system is an Acer Aspire PIII 450, 128MB RAM, 8GB HD with the following
  hardware:
     Human Interface Devices (HID) USB mouse and keyboard
           (*NOTE* only USB keyboard - no PS/2 or AT-style ports)
  
     Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to PCI bridge
     Intel 82443BX Pentium II Process to AGP Controller
  
     Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
     Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode)
     Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
     Intel 82371AB/EB Power Management Controller
  (the Intel 82371AB/EB architecture is specifically supported according to
  the hardward notes at freeBSD.org)
  
     ATI XPERT 98 Display adapter
     Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 70 Monitor
  
     ESS Solo-1 Soundblaster sound card
  
     Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
  
     Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
  
     3com FastEtherlink XL 10/100MB TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
  
     Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-2500
  
     Generic IDE Harddisk and Floppy disk