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Update ThinkPad special mode entry for atkbd0. Add an entry dealing

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with failure to detect XT/AT-style keyboards in boot2 during install.

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Robert Nordier 1999-07-15 19:33:22 +00:00
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@ -202,10 +202,31 @@ Q: I booted the install floppy on my IBM ThinkPad (tm) laptop, and the
keyboard is all messed up.
A: Older IBM laptops use a non-standard keyboard controller, so you must
tell the console driver (sc0) to go into a special mode which works
on the ThinkPads. Change the sc0 'Flags' to 0x10 in UserConfig and
it should work fine. (Look in the Input Menu for 'Syscons Console
Driver'.)
tell the keyboard driver (atkbd0) to go into a special mode which works
on the ThinkPads. Change the atkbd0 'Flags' to 0x4 in UserConfig and
it should work fine. (Look in the Input Menu for 'Keyboard'.)
Q: When I try to boot the install floppy, I see the following message
and nothing seems to be happening. I cannot enter anything from
the keyboard either.
Keyboard: no
A: Due to lack of space, full support for old XT/AT (84-key) keyboards
is no longer available in the bootblocks. Some notebook computers may
also have this type of keyboard. If you are still using this kind of
hardware, you will see the above message appears when you boot from
the CD-ROM or an install floppy.
As soon as you see this message, hit the space bar, and you will see
the prompt:
>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: x:xx(x,x)/boot/loader
boot:
Then enter `-Dh', and things should proceed normally.
Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-522, a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-523 or