From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 16:24:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D4D1065687 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2581A8FC16 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.43]) by QMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SEg81a0020vyq2s55GQMsz; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:21 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SGQL1a0052P6wsM3RGQLHF; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:21 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=E3-hYiKG1CbBjhxXIrAA:9 a=pRl4VO25wPQPNJnGQtxC75Z4SyoA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B25A9C9419; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:24:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:24:19 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20081013162419.GA23363@icarus.home.lan> References: <19944068.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: ton80 , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Hangs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:24:22 -0000 On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:57:22AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, ton80 wrote: > >> I am trying to install FreeBSD. >> During the install (actually at the beginning of the process) the system >> hangs indefinitely. >> When it gets to the select country screen...it is frozen. >> During the boot process, as it is reading all the hardware, it finds the USB >> controller OK then later it states there was an IO error and that the USB >> controller is halted. I have a USB Keyboard and mouse...so I would say the >> problem is here. >> Is there any workaround I can use to get things going? > > Set "USB Legacy Support" to disabled in the BIOS. If that isn't > available, it might work to boot with the keyboard detached. Connect it > after the BIOS boot, at the FreeBSD bootloader prompt or maybe at the > country select screen. I don't see how this would solve or even affect his problem. As I understand it, "USB Legacy Support" is intended for operating systems which do not have a USB stack available to them, thus making USB keyboards/mice appear as PS/2 keyboards/mice within MS-DOS and so on. I believe the way it works is that the BIOS acts as a software translation layer between the USB device and PS/2 interaction. This translation is lost the instant interrupts are re-mapped or the southbridge/USB controller is initialised. The OP is making it past boot2/loader, the kernel and all its drivers are fully loaded (including the USB stack). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |