Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:34:07 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard Message-ID: <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com> References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> <9E42D1DE4DE5A9B39FE2D6F4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com>
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--On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Paul: > > Thanks for the reply, but it didn't work. I tried 3 keyboards and 2 > FreeBSD releases (5.2.1, and 5.3R1). The combination of logitech keyboard > with 5.2.1 does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but that > is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press > "space", "tab" or "enter". > I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Let's try again. ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when the daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several options, if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb keyboard **during the install**. If you're waiting until the sysinstall appears, that's way too late. You need to chose option 7 before the kernel even loads, almost immediately after the system boots. If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I have no idea what the problem might be. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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