Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >The more I look into this, the more it looks like I'm screwed. I'm >trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 from CD on a machine without any PS/2 >ports. All I have is a USB keyboard. Yes, the BIOS has legacy USB >support enabled, and the keyboard works to hit enter at the initial boot >prompt. However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck. > >I tried disconnecting the keyboard at boot time to see if I could get a >serial console to do the installation, but that didn't work. The >console was still detected as internal video. Any ideas on how I can >get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)? Thanks. > >Joe > > Someone is working on a keyboard multiplexor (bruce? I forget) that will handle these cases. Have you tried turning off USB Keyboard Support in the BIOS? I believe what is happening in this situation is your BIOS is emulating the ata keyboard just enough that FreeBSD is detecting it but also detecting the USB keyboard and one is squashing the other. -- Ryan Sommers ryans_at_gamersimpact.comReceived on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 12:37:52 UTC
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