Old laptop not able to get enough entropy in FreeBSD 11

[Bertram Scharpf]

On Saturday, 26. Nov 2016, 21:16:29 -0600, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Jack L. <xxjack12xx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > >>
> > >> I just installed 12-CURRENT on the laptop and it also hangs even at
> > install/boot/shutdown until I hit keys, then it will move as long as I
> > continue to hit keys. I also found that if I ping the laptop, it will
> > respond but in between pings, it will hang. Using FreeBSD 10.3, it works
> > perfectly fine without any random keypresses. Any ideas?
> 
> 
> Most likely due to something like power, acpi, interrupts, etc.  First
> thing I would do is reset the BIOS to defaults.

Sorry that I ask. How does one do that what you mean? Before
the boot?

Bertram

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