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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: *BSD & Gateways?? Date: 10 Feb 1994 01:49:29 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 29 Message-ID: <2jc3r9$1om@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <KRISTYN.94Feb7124412@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <KRISTYN.94Feb7124412@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, Kristyn Fayette <kristyn@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote: >Hello, > > This last weekend I tried to get FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE running on my >Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V (486DX2, 66 Mhz cpu w/ VESA localbus). [ Keyboard lockups ] This is a known problem with machines with (it appears) PHOENIX BIOS, most notably Gateways experience it. The temporary cure for installation is to bounce on a innocent key like shift or num-lock (you can see the LED's with num-lock) to get the keyboad to work. Generally the problem goes away when the software is installed on the hard-drive, but if that doesn't work build a kernel with syscons in it and all will be well. (Or don't reboot :-) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.