Daniel Ouellet: <snip> You didn't try to make changes on the default kernel, some optimization, removing drivers, or what not right?
And your root / partition is not a multi GB in size, just in case right? </snip> My root partition is 10GB in size, following the recommendation of openbsd101.com. I have had no other problems with other operating systems, but perhaps I was just getting lucky with the bootloader being loaded in the appropriate region for the BIOS. I will try reinstalling with a smaller root. <snip> echo "boot" > /etc/boot.conf But I would try without the keyboard connected and see and also make sure your BIOS do not have the wait on keyboard if error setup. Just a thought there as well. Not sure about your bios, but some old one did have this in there and if not setup properly, just wait on keyboard error. ... But I would think that would be the source of the problem, but I could be wrong. Is your keyboard is USB type by any chance? Not that it should make a difference, but if so, may be you have something else connected there that give you the problem. </snip> The BIOS seems happy to boot without a keyboard attached (which is PS/2). It proceeds to load the boot loader where it hangs in the same place, but this time, I can't press any keys to get it to continue loading. :) I also tried eliminating the timeout with "boot" in boot.conf, but I still have this issue, with or without a keyboard being attached.