Bug 17630

Summary:	Install loader failed to recognize 84-key keyboard
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	gradz <gradz>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description gradz 2000-03-28 04:40:01 UTC

I went to install 3.4 using floppy images from the Walnut Creek CDROM.
When I booted the system using the boot floppy, the system locked up at:

/boot.config: -P
Keyboard: no
-
BTX loader 1.00  BTX version is 1.01

At this point, the boot loader accessed the floppy for several seconds 
with nothing more being displayed then stopped. I tried 3.3 boot floppies 
with identical results. I installed an IDE CDROM drive and booted 3.3 
from the CDROM, again with the same results. This system had previously 
had 3.1 install via boot from the Walnut Creek 3.1 CDROM. The keyboard 
then installed was an anchient 84-key keyboard which worked fine under 
3.1. The keyboard was swapped with a 101-key keyboard, the loader 
reported "Keyboard: yes" and the install proceeded normally.

Fix: 

I don't actually think it is worth fixing. The work around is to replace 
dinosaur keyboards with newer ones. However, this problem should be 
documented which is my sole purpose for submitting this PR.
How-To-Repeat: The install boot loader failed consistently with the 84-key keyboard 
attached.

Comment 1 John Baldwin freebsd_committer

2000-06-19 18:40:07 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This is not quite a duplicate, but it is the same problem as in i386/17391 
and will be fixed when that PR is fixed.