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Date:      Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:09:07 -0700
From:      Mike Hunter <mhunter@berkeley.edu>
To:        dev@eth0.ch
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Dell PE 750
Message-ID:  <20040409210907.GC12239@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <2040.217.162.71.141.1081544680.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch>
References:  <2040.217.162.71.141.1081544680.squirrel@serv04.inetworx.ch>

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On Apr 09, "dev@eth0.ch" wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I bought a Dell PowerEdge 750 Server with a Perc4 SCSI controller
> recently. I would like to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it, however, after
> booting from the CD the keyboard is 'lost'. At the first boot prompt (with
> the ASCII-daemon) the keyboard is still present.
> 
> Is there a way to work around? I don't need a keyboard at the end anyway.

Is this a usb keyboard?  My understanding is that you need to have a ps2
keyboard at least until you can issue

kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1

I also understand that they are working on supportin usb keyboards
as the only keyboard.



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