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Subject: Re: Boot menu and USB keyboard
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:22:52 +0200
Gianni Doe <gdoe6545@yahoo.it> wrote:

> I've got a USB keyboard and I'm unable to select any of the options
> in the boot loader/beastie menu - escape to the loader prompt,
> single- user mode etc..
> It is the only keyboard attached and it works fine once the system
> is up.
> 
> I've done a bit of Googling and tried setting
> hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" in loader.conf but it doesn't make any
> difference. I'd appreciate some suggestions.
> Thanks
> Gianni

Hi Gianni,

Check the BIOS settings for USB keyboard/mouse.

Cheers,
Matti