neko@linuxboxen wrote, all on one line:

> 	Hi, I was helping a friend install NetBSD 1.5.2 to his Celeron
> 	733 on an i815, it seems tht the keyboard locks up during
> 	installation, we tried over and over and the same thing
> 	happens.  I am thinking that it's an installation kernel
> 	config that's causing it to lock up on this particular chipset ...

The problem doesn't sound familiar.

What type of motherboard, what type of keyboard, where does it lock up
during the installation?  Does unplugging and re-connecting the
keyboard help?

Regards,

Giles