Re: RestoreCD 4.99.72 & 5.0 BETA boot error
Anthony Howe <[email protected]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:36:22 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Izumi Tsutsui uttered: > Anthony Howe wrote: >> NOTE that the boot memu ignores USB keyboard input, so it is impossible >> to try other memu options, such as disable ACPI or disable ACPI & SMP. > > Does your machine have some BIOS memu like "Legacy USB support"? > Enabling it may make BIOS INT functions (which x86 bootloader uses) > also recognize USB keyboard. Here is something weird when I enable Legacy USB Support: 1) There is no timer allowing me to select a menu. It jumps straight to zero and claims to boot option 1. Crashes in same place. 2) Reboot once more and between BIOS and Netbsd boot menu, I keep pressing 3 in the hope that the boot menu will take my option from the keyboard buffer; output reports boot option 1 selected, YET the system boots. No crash and no evidence of ACPI being checked. So I assume it skipped ACPI as desired. So legacy support appears to help solve the problem, BUT has side effects. -- Anthony C Howe Twitter: SirWumpus SnertSoft +33 6 11 89 73 78 Skype: SirWumpus BarricadeMX & Milters http://www.snert.com/ ICQ: 7116561 http://www.snertsoft.com/