Z L wrote: > I been trying to install OpenBSD 3.7 and/ or 3.5 in my new laptop (new > means it was bought in September, 2004). The bootloader get stuck at > "pckbc0 ISA Q Port 0x60/5" every time. > > Oddly both 3.5 and 3.7 giving me the same error and getting stuck at > the same place. > > I tried to boot with boot_menuconfig(8) and did "boot -c" and then > "verbose" and it says: > > "probing for pckbc0 > probing for pckbc0 succeeded > pckbc0" > > and then it is stuck their eternally. > > I have also tried to disable pckbc0 but if I do so it fails to > recognize a lot of hardware but I get the shell prompt and then my > keyboard does not work.
hmm. Interesting, does give me an idea how to get through that problem: plug a USB keyboard in. It will probably help you get it installed, and it *might* then work. No promises on that...but there have been cases where the GENERIC kernel would work fine but the install kernels don't. > The new laptops details are given below: > > Toshiba Satellite, Mobile Intel Pentium 4, 3.20GHz processor speed, > 510 RAM, DVD+CD-burner combo, 70GB HDD, Wifi (Atheros 802.11g). None of that helps, unless someone happens to have the same machine. dmesg... Nick.
