Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:56:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only) Message-ID: <20041027005518.W42571@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > The more I look into this, the more it looks like I'm screwed. I'm > trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 from CD on a machine without any PS/2 > ports. All I have is a USB keyboard. Yes, the BIOS has legacy USB > support enabled, and the keyboard works to hit enter at the initial boot > prompt. However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck. > > I tried disconnecting the keyboard at boot time to see if I could get a > serial console to do the installation, but that didn't work. The > console was still detected as internal video. Any ideas on how I can > get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)? Thanks. Joe- When in doubt, a good old hard drive swap works wonders... :) | Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > | Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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