On 08/02/13 20:23, Manuel Bouyer wrote: > On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 06:49:24PM +0100, Dave Tyson wrote: >> [...] >> Any other suggestions other than a total reinstall ? (I do have a full >> backup from 3 days ago but really don't want to have to waste a couple >> of days...) > can you try boot -ac, disable all usb controllers (ohci, ehci and uhci). > hopefully you'll there have a working keyboard in PS/2 compat mode. > Then when the kernel asks for init path, try /rescue/init > Brilliant! That got me off the mark. The /rescue/init also resulted in a panic, but I then remembered that the spare disk wd4 had a complete root and user setup and I could just tell the kernel to use wd4a as root and it just came up. Not sure what went wrong with the upgrade, but I have an easy means to recover now.
The PS/2 compatability mode is very slow and quirky. You have to use multiple presses of a key till the character appears - but it *does* work which is great. Thanks again, Dave -- =========================================================== Phone: 07805784357 Open Source O/S: www.netbsd.org Caving: http://www.wirralcavinggroup.org.uk ===========================================================
