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From: moore@cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: NetBSD0.9 / thinkpad 750 / keyboard scan code incompatibility
Date: 14 Feb 1994 05:38:39 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Tenn. Computer Science, Knoxville
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I'm trying to install NetBSD on a thinkpad 750.  So far I've patched
the boot program and floppy disk driver to treat the TP750's 2.88Mb
floppy (type = 6) like it was an ordinary 1.44 Mb drive; a patched
kernel-copy floppy now boots and apparently auto-configures its
devices correctly, and mounts the floppy as the root file system.

Now I cannot talk to the install script.  When I type 'n' to say
"don't start installing yet", it echoes twice.  Other keys generally
aren't recognized.  It looks as if the scan codes generated by the
keyboard aren't what NetBSD expects.

Has anyone seen this before, who can tell me how to fix it?

Thanks,

--
Keith Moore / U.Tenn CS Dept / 107 Ayres Hall / Knoxville TN  37996-1301
Internet: moore@cs.utk.edu      BITNET: moore@utkvx
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