Probing Devices

Shane Ambler Shane at 007Marketing.com
Mon Apr 4 20:27:39 PDT 2005


Sounds like you are using a usb keyboard

If so after starting from the cd you come to a menu with the deamon logo
select 
6. escape to loader prompt

Type in -
set hint.atkbd.0.flags="1"
boot


On 5/4/05 11:21 AM, "Srinivasa R Yarrakonda" <yseenu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on the second hard disk
> of my windows PC. I have burned the
> 5.3-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso onto a CD.
> When I restart the computer it reads the boot CDROM
> and then reports "Probing Device (This will take a
> while)". The sysinstall menu shows up but my keyboard
> doesn't work with this menu. I think it hangs.
> Whats wrong..any suggestions/advice is helpful..
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Srini
> 
> 
> 
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