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
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Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->jhb I think that jhb might be able to check this one out. I seem to recall that running with a USB only system is now supported.
> Synopsis: booting install disk and USB > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jhb > Responsible-Changed-By: nra > Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Jul 20 19:56:45 PDT 2000 > Responsible-Changed-Why: > I think that jhb might be able to check this one out. I seem to recall > that running with a USB only system is now supported. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=16991 Although 4.1 will support USB hardware (including keyboards) out of the box, we still require an AT or PS/2 keyboard during the actual install. We are already working on fixing this and will definitely have it fixed by 5.0 and quite possibly sooner. If you have a Intel UHCI USB controller, then I expect that 4.2 will install out of the box on your system with the legacy USB support enabled. -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com>
Have you had a chance to try more recent versions of FreeBSD such as 4.8 or 4.9? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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