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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.hughes.net!rcp6.elan.af.mil!usenet From: Barry Mishler <mishler@mailhub.elan.af.mil> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: stuck at main menu Date: 21 Dec 1996 01:00:23 GMT Organization: Air Force Flight Test Center Lines: 26 Message-ID: <59fcr7$7gf@rcp6.elan.af.mil> References: <59cvbn$d0c@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <32BA3836.13728473@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.elan.af.mil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22) To: mishler@hughes.net X-URL: news:32BA3836.13728473@FreeBSD.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32974 >> >> I'm new to freebsd. I tried to install freebsd on my AST P/100 but got stuck >> at the main menu (couldn't type anything, couldn't select any option). > >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. >-- I have FreeBSD 2.1.5 installed on a Dell Dimension XPS P100c. The boot disk for version 2.1.5 worked just fine and I've been using that version for some time now. But when I try to upgrade, I can't seem to get either the 2.1.6 boot disk or the 2.2-ALPHA boot disk to NOT lock up my keyboard as soon as I get the familiar blue main menu. I've tried enabling and disabling any number of drivers with no success. So in addition to the this bit of information, can anybody tell me if it's at all possible (and safe) to upgrade some other way? Thanks. Barry Mishler mishler@hughes.net