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New Boot from floppy? Unplug keyboard?
You need to figure out whether it's a hardware or software problem.

Have you tried unplugging the keyboard and mouse and plugging them back in?

But, I suspect software.

Will it boot from floppies? Is the keyboard OK then? If so, try using a backed-up version of your .INI files. And try running Henk's WPTOOLs on the INI files (if they're compatible with ECS).

That's about all I can think of. :-(

HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Here is what I've done:
- Unplugged the keyboard and mouse from my Belkin Omni switchbox and plugged them directly into the computer
- switched mouse and keyboard
- switched to an older (known working) config.sys

In all cases, I can boot to the command prompt and use my keyboard without any problem -- which is one step up from booting from floppy. I'm not exactly sure what the real problem is.

One thing I can remember, a while back I was trying to get a W95 game to run under odin, and when it did my keyboard and mouse locked up (had to cold boot) I suppose that might have... er... broken something.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
New Maybe the keyboard and mouse drivers got corrupted.
Check to see if your x:\\os2\\boot\\ibmkb.sys , \\kbdbase.sys, and \\mouse.sys look reasonable. Look with an editor and see if it indicates that they're OS/2 files. It sounds to me like something got overwritten or corrupted.

Does your bad config.sys have the proper BASEDEV and DEVICE statements?

BASEDEV=IBMKBD.SYS

DEVICE=x:\\os2\\mdos\\vmouse.sys
DEVICE=x:\\os2\\boot\\mouse.sys serial=com2

DEVINFO=KBD,US,x:\\os2\\keyboard.dcp

That's about all that seems relevant from my Warp 3 Connect config.sys. eCS may have different names.

Best of luck.

Cheers,
Scott.
     Help! eCS is not responding to my hand signals! - (cwbrenn) - (3)
         Boot from floppy? Unplug keyboard? - (Another Scott) - (2)
             Here is what I've done: - (cwbrenn) - (1)
                 Maybe the keyboard and mouse drivers got corrupted. - (Another Scott)

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