Damon McMahon wrote:
This all makes sense now, and you are indeed correct. The garbage input is being sent from my console device to the OpenBSD machine when the console device boots (booting Windows 2K in this case). The reason for the 1 in 25 or so frequency is because this event only occurs when both boxes are booting at the same time.
Try adding /noserialmice to the Win2k boot.ini; the Windows kernel tries to detect a serial mouse during the boot process, which can confuse some devices (such as APC serial UPSs or OpenBSD boot consoles).
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/131976 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170817
