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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!nerd.apk.net!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!jape.ifs.umich.edu!dirt From: dirt@umich.edu (david langhorst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Unexpected problems booting w/o keyboard Date: 26 Jun 1996 00:03:23 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4qpuob$9l@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jape.ifs.umich.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] i'm running freeBSD on a couple of machines and have come across a interesting problem. when booting without a keyboard on both machines, the machine grinds to a halt while probing the ISA bus. furthermore, one of the two machines has an identical problem if you don't press some sort of key while it's delayed at the 'Boot:' prompt. the machines have no identical components in them, which leads me to believe that it's a software problem. if anyone else has experienced similar woes, email me and i/we can start working on a solution. if you have a solution, all the better! -- David Langhorst (dirt@umich.edu) - Univ. of Michigan ITD GPCC UNIX Services