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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