Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:10:26 +0200 From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> To: Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: install freebsd with usb keyboard Message-ID: <1987463016.20050614231026@rulez.sk> In-Reply-To: <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com> References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> <9E42D1DE4DE5A9B39FE2D6F4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com> <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com>
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This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. ------------AE5E231DB7E724 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Kan, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 11:05:20 PM, you wrote the following: > Thanks, Paul. What you meant is that I should choose option 7 when the > beastie menu pops up, right? I am not sure which FreeBSD release could do > that. In my 5.2.1 and 5.3R1, the option 7 is "reboot". Is that in 5.4? Well, I'm not sure if that exists in < 5.4 but there is an option called "Boot FreeBSD with USB keyboard" or similar in 5.4. I was installing 5.4 on Dell gx280, which doesn't have any PS/2 ports so it is possible to use only USB keyboard (that really sucks btw.), some time ago. > thanks a lot, > --ken > On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: >>=20 >> --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>=20 >> > Hi, Paul: >> > >> > Thanks for the reply, but it didn't work. I tried 3 keyboards and 2 >> > FreeBSD releases (5.2.1, and 5.3R1). The combination of logitech=20 >> keyboard >> > with 5.2.1 does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but th= at >> > is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press >> > "space", "tab" or "enter". >> > >> I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Let's try again. >>=20 >> ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when >> the >> daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several=20 >> options, >> if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb keyboa= rd >> **during the install**. >>=20 >> If you're waiting until the sysinstall appears, that's way too late. You >> need to chose option 7 before the kernel even loads, almost immediately >> after the system boots. >>=20 >> If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I >> have no idea what the problem might be. >>=20 --=20 Best Regards, DanGer, ICQ: 261701668 | e-mail protecting at: http://www.2pu.net/ http://danger.rulez.sk | proxy list at: http://www.proxy-web.com/ | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [ "They've got us surrounded. The poor bastards." ] ------------AE5E231DB7E724--
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