On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:37:50AM +0200, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > | By Jo Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | [ 2008-10-24 21:13 +0200 ] > > On Oct 22, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Milan Obuch wrote: > > >I did not investigate on this issue too much, but there is an > > >workaround - > > >copy older /boot/loader over newer one. In my case, I am rebuilding > > >whole > > >world often, and now /boot/loader seems to not build correctly for > > >me. Older > > >one is ~ 250 kB, rebuilt will be ~ 185 kB, and freezes. > > > > 6.4's boot loader is 221k > > 6.3's boot loader is 217k > > > > Copying 6.3 boot loader to the 6.4 solved the keyboard lockup problem, > > but it still panics during the boot. At last now I get the entire > > panic to the serial console so I can cut/paste. > > FWIW, I've had problems with 7.0's boot loader locking up too. I'm running > a -stable compile from march and during bootup, if I make too many > keypresses the bootup sequence freezes. Once loader has handed off to the > kernel then everything's fine, but I can't make any use of loader's or > bootX's command lines without the system freezing. I'm careful not to touch > my keyboard during bootup! > > Keyboard and mouse are both USB.
There are known problems with some BIOSes and "USB Legacy" support. Said BIOS option allows a USB keyboard and mouse to be emulated as PS/2 for operating systems which lack a USB stack, such as MS-DOS -- and more importantly, bootloaders! The FreeBSD bootloader only understands AT/PS2 keyboards, which is why that BIOS option is needed. Can you confirm this problem happens when using a PS/2 keyboard? If so, then the issue is probably in the bootstrap code somewhere. If the problem goes away when using a PS/2 keyboard, then the problem is either a BIOS bug (likely in this day and age), or a compatibility issue with the model of USB keyboard you have (not all USB keyboards are identical in behaviour). P.S. -- Why are you slamming keys during the bootup sequence? :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
