From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 28 7:51:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from pan.ch.intel.com (pan.ch.intel.com [143.182.246.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D88837B8A9; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:51:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com) Received: from sedona.intel.com (sedona.ch.intel.com [143.182.218.21]) by pan.ch.intel.com (8.9.1a+p1/8.9.1/d: relay.m4,v 1.19 2000/01/29 00:15:43 dmccart Exp $) with ESMTP id IAA07810; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from hip186.ch.intel.com (hip186.ch.intel.com [143.182.225.68]) by sedona.intel.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1/d: sendmail.cf,v 1.10 2000/02/10 21:38:16 steved Exp $) with ESMTP id IAA13268; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:07 -0700 (MST) X-Envelope-From: jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com Received: (from jreynold@localhost) by hip186.ch.intel.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1/d: client.m4,v 1.3 1998/09/29 16:36:11 sedayao Exp sedayao $) id KAA20757; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:51:05 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: hip186.ch.intel.com: jreynold set sender to jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com using -f From: John Reynolds~ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14522.39273.53653.511902@hip186.ch.intel.com> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 08:51:05 -0700 (MST) To: current@freebsd.org, qa@freebsd.org Subject: Installation floppies and USB X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.3.11 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [forwarded from -questions to the above groups because this seems to be a legit "problem" and I wanted the "right eyes" in -current to see it. ] ------- start of forwarded message ------- From: "John Daniels" Subject: Installation floppies and USB Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:19:50 EST I have a system with only a *USB* keyboard port (no PS/2 or AT-style ports). When I boot the installation floppies I get the message: keyboard:no After reading errata,release notes, etc., I learned that I should hit 'enter' and type '-Dh' at the prompt, which I did. Now the installation proceeds until the kernel is booted and the kernel configuration menu is displayed (with 3 options: skip config, full-screen, CLI-mode). At that point my keyboard becomes unusable. I believe that this may be because the kernel ('GENERIC'?) doesn't include USB support. USB support is supposed to be compiled in *after* an install. For my system, this is unacceptable. I now have a catch-22: I can't get USB support until the kernel is recompiled, and I can't recompile the kernel unless I can use the keyboard to install FreeBSD. My system was created by a major PC Manufacturer (Acer) and I'm sure that they have sold thousands like it. I'm sure that they are not/will not be the only manufacturer to create USB-only systems. My system uses Human Interface Devices (HID) USB. It is *CRUCIAL* that USB keyboards be recognized "out-of-the-box" for current and future systems that only support USB keyboards. QUESTION: Are there work currently andy arounds/solutions in FreeBSD? When can USB be available "out-of-the-box?" (I was hoping it would be in 4.0) Lastly, the NetBSD install floppy recognizes my keyboard and lets me use it during the install. Is there any possible workaround that includes booting the NetBSD install disk, or installing FreeBSD over/after NetBSD? NOTE: There has already been at least one other FreeBSD newbie who has encountered this problem (also with an Acer box), and there seems to be a fair amount of USB questions/discussion online. Any info/help is greatly appreciated John jmd526@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------- end of forwarded message ------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, Higher Levels of Abstraction | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message