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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!202.232.2.100!np1.iij.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!news.nc.u-tokyo.ac.jp!train.ad.jp!iroha.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp!yokota From: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp. (Kazutaka YOKOTA) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: First time install Date: 9 Apr 1997 13:27:55 GMT Organization: Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan Lines: 26 Message-ID: <5ig5gr$q5a$1@nikko.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: <01bc3ecd$c4c53e90$37c4b0cf@main> NNTP-Posting-Host: zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp X-Newsreader: mnews [version 1.19PL2] 1996-01/26(Fri) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38805 james@club-webb.com wrote: james>>Trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.7 .Problem is I get the following error: james>> scprobe: keyboard failed reset(0xfc) james>> james>>I am using a keyboard which plugs into a ps2 keyboard port. IBM PS/1 james>> james>>When it gets to the next screen to set up FreeBSD, the keyboard does not james>>respond. This is either real, keyboard hardware failure, or timing problem on the console driver's part. Does the keyboard work under DOS (I guess yes)? 2.2-RELEASE can handle keyboard reset slightly better than 2.1.7. Try 2.2-RELEASE, if possible. james>>I have made changes to the config but it is useless. james>> james>>Keyboard is on irq 1, 0060-0060 & 0064-0064 No, you shouldn't change the port and IRQ numbers for the keyboard. They are fixed and not relocatable. Kazu