Bug 17793

>>Number:         17793
>>Category:       misc
>>Synopsis:       Keyboard not found
[...]
>>Originator:     Danila Prusakov
>>Release:        4.0 RELEAS From iso
>>Organization:
>Delta-com company
>>Environment:
>N/A
>>Description:
>Install with CD-ROM or Flopies impossible
>Message on the screen:
>keyboard: no
>
>BTX loader....
>And nothing further does not occur
>
>I have INTEL MU410EX motherbard with ps/2 keyboard

This sounds like a known limitation of our boot block.  See below.

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Q: When I try to boot the install floppy, I see the following message 
   and nothing seems to be happening.  I cannot enter anything from
   the keyboard either.

     Keyboard: no

A: Due to lack of space, full support for old XT/AT (84-key) keyboards 
   is no longer available in the bootblocks.  Some notebook computers may
   also have this type of keyboard.  If you are still using this kind of 
   hardware, you will see the above message appears when you boot from 
   the CD-ROM or an install floppy.

   As soon as you see this message, hit the space bar, and you will see
   the prompt:

     >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
     Default: x:xx(x,x)/boot/loader 
     boot:

   Then enter `-Dh', and things should proceed normally.
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I have heard that this problem exists on some motherboards even if the
keyboard is not one of those old models.

Kazu

Comment 2 Mike Heffner 2001-06-30 05:38:18 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

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