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From: "Eugene M. Kim" <astralblue@usa.net>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Can't boot with the new boot loader without a keyboard

>Number:         9456
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Can't boot with the new boot loader without a keyboard
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    rnordier@freebsd.org
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 12 02:10:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sun Jan 24 03:18:19 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sun Jan 24 03:19:48 PST 1999
>Originator:     Eugene M. Kim
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
N/A
>Environment:

	FreeBSD gw1.pl.cp 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #2: Sun Jan 10 23:52:23 PST 1999 root@gw1.pl.cp:/pubfs/1/root/usr.src/sys/compile/GW-PL i386
 
>Description:

	The new boot loader (specifically boot2) will not load
/boot/loader unless a keyboard is plugged into the system.  It just sits
down displaying a stopped spinbar, and resumes normal operation as soon
as the keyboard is plugged back in.

>How-To-Repeat:

	On a -current system, unplug the keyboard and reboot.

>Fix:

	None known yet.


-- 
Eugene M. Kim <astralblue@usa.net>

"Is your music unpopular?  Make it popular; make music
which people like, or make people who like your music."


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->rnordier@freebsd.org 
Responsible-Changed-By: msmith 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Jan 12 14:47:18 PST 1999 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
This is his code; it looks like a BIOS issue though. 

From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To: astralblue@usa.net (Eugene M. Kim)
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/9456: Can't boot with the new boot loader without a keyboard
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:41:51 +0200 (SAT)

 Eugene M. Kim wrote:
 > 
 > >Number:         9456
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Synopsis:       Can't boot with the new boot loader without a keyboard
   
 > >Description:
 > 
 > 	The new boot loader (specifically boot2) will not load
 > /boot/loader unless a keyboard is plugged into the system.  It just sits
 > down displaying a stopped spinbar, and resumes normal operation as soon
 > as the keyboard is plugged back in.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 
 > 	On a -current system, unplug the keyboard and reboot.
 > 
 > >Fix:
 > 
 > 	None known yet.
 
 The problem is not immediately reproducible on any of the hardware
 here, but possibly some more detail will clarify things:
 
     Do the old a.out bootblocks work OK in the same circumstances?
 
     Does /boot/loader work OK in the same circumstances when
     loaded by the old a.out bootblocks?
 
     Do you get the same results with the latest new bootblock
     code (boot1.s 1.7 and boot2.c 1.18)?
 
     Do you have anything in /boot.config?
 
     Do you get the same results after disabling the keyboard in
     BIOS setup, then removing it, and then power-cycling the machine?
 
 --
 Robert Nordier
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: rnordier 
State-Changed-When: Sun Jan 24 03:18:19 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Can't reproduce; no feedback supplied on request. 
>Unformatted:
