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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!ponderous.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: *BSD & Gateways?? Date: 10 Feb 94 21:14:37 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Lines: 25 Message-ID: <michaelv.760914877@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> References: <KRISTYN.94Feb7124412@spiff.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <2jc3r9$1om@pdq.coe.montana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ponderous.cc.iastate.edu In <2jc3r9$1om@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: >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. I think your emphasis is wrong. The only people I see post about this problem are using Gateway machines. I have a Phoenix BIOS in my ALR and I have never had an ounce of keyboard trouble. >Nate -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael L. VanLoon Project Vincent Systems Staff michaelv@iastate.edu Iowa State University Computation Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------