Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:45:02 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> Subject: Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard Message-ID: <200506131845.03834.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 13 June 2005 18:42, the author Kan Cai contributed to the dialogue on- install freebsd with usb keyboard: >Hi, there: > >I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have >tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can >recognize the device correctly (because it prints out the device names >precisely when bringing up the usbs), but it freezes right after the >sysinstall menu comes out. The ps2 plug is broken, so I dont have any >other choice. > >I have searched the google and mail list. One suggestion was to >change the BIOS setting WRT the legacy usb option. The other is to set >hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" while booting. But the problem is that the >keyboard doesn't work so that I cannot type anything or enter the >BIOS. > >Is there anything I can do except hammering my box? How about a usb to ps2 adapter for a couple of dollars from your favorite computer store? David -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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