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From: John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: stuck at main menu
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 09:26:27 -0400
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Sin Key Teck wrote:
> 
> Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> : What version of FreeBSD please?  It's quite possible that you've got one
> : of those keyboard controllers which certain variants of FreeBSD's
> : syscons driver simply didn't like.
> 
> 2.1.6 and 2.2-ALPHA.
> 
> Problem solved. I was using a Win95 compatible keyboard (with 3 extra keys).
> It is okay now after I swapped keyboards with an old PC.
>

I have a "Win95 compatible" keyboard (with the 3 extra keys) and I had no problem
installing v2.1.0R. I think you may have had a marginal keyboard.

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