From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 06:36:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1FA16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:36:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [134.25.0.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7C5143D55 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:36:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flygt@sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se (honken.sr.se [134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i9R6apkc007341; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from flygt@sr.se) Received: from oldie.sr.se (oldie [134.25.200.100]) by honken.sr.se (8.12.8p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i9R6anO1016390; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from flygt@sr.se) Received: from oldie.sr.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oldie.sr.se (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i9R6aiXS019986; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from flygt@sr.se) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by oldie.sr.se (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9R6adob019985; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:36:39 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-ID: <20041027063639.GA1767@sr.se> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:36:58 -0000 On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:21:07AM -0400, 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 > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc I reported exact the same thing the other day. No respons from the list though. What I did was to install from 5.2.1-RELEASE and make an upgrade from source. That works fine all the way. So the problem must be with the installer! -- Gunnar Flygt SR Datadrift Sveriges Radio