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Re: Installation Problem...Keyboard error



it's definitely not a USB keyboard.  I have a USB mouse though.

Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Heldebrant <hmike@portalofevil.com>
To: Rick Dunetz <rdunetz@jaywalkdesign.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: Installation Problem...Keyboard error


> On 12 Aug 2001 22:38:40 -0400, Rick Dunetz wrote:
> > I've done a bunch of Debian installations and I have never seen the
error message that comes up on my AMD Athlon 1.33 Gig machine (I also have a
maxtor 40 gig 7200 rpm HD with a Windows 98 partition).  During the boot
disk there is an error message that looks like this:
> >
> > Keyboard: Timeout - AT Keyboard not present?
> >
> > Then when it asks me to put in the root disk and press enter...nothing
happens.  Probably because my keyboard wasn't recognized.  I've tried
several different keyboards and I even tried installing slackware 8...but to
no avail.  The same problem occured.  Anyone have any suggestions?  I would
really appreciate it.
> Do you have a usb keyboard?  If this is the case do you have a spare AT
> keyboard to get your install done so you can get usb support turned on?
> --mike
>
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