From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 00:58:03 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 1D21416A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:58:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE8343D39 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:58:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) i9T0vi0C075071; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:57:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20041028210448.GC2411@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20041027110528.T91011@treo.operax.com> <418138D0.6090304@marcuscom.com> <20041028210448.GC2411@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aZic8LVCv8cg7VClI5Wf" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1099011448.40994.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:57:29 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: Vladimir Grebenschikov cc: "current@freebsd.org" cc: Johan Larsson 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 List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:58:03 -0000 --=-aZic8LVCv8cg7VClI5Wf Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 17:04, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 02:22:08PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > >=20 > > Brooks Davis wrote: > > | On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:06:04AM +0200, Johan Larsson wrote: > > | > > |>Hello! > > |> > > |>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote: > > |> > > |> > > |>>? ??, 27/10/2004 ? 00:21 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke ?????: > > |>> > > |>>>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 g= et 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 c= an > > |>>>get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)? Thanks. > > |>> > > |>>Yes, instruct kernel to put console on serial from loader prompt > > |>>( I guess something like > > |>> OK set hint.sio.0.flags=3D"0x10" > > |>> OK boot -h > > |>> or like > > |>> ) > > |>> > > |> > > |>We installed RC1 on a GX280 recently, and the only thing we had to do= to > > |>get the usb keyboard working was to set the following in the loader: > > |> > > |>set hint.atkbd.0.flags=3D"0x1" > > |> > > |>And to make it resident, put it in the /boot/device.hints after the > > |>installation. > > | > > | > > | This is supposed to be being set on the release CDs. The test CD I > > | posted links to uses nearly the same code I committed. I'm going > > | to have to see if I can tear an ISO apart to verify what's on it. > > | Unfortunately, my hotel has a 150MB cap (f-ing ridiculous for 29 Euro= s). > >=20 > > Did your changes make it into 5.3-RC1? >=20 > Yes, they should have made it in to BETA 3 or 4, I can't remember which. Well, I can confirm that the mini-ISO for 5.3-RC1 did not have support for a USB keyboard. As soon as I set atkbd.0.flags to 0x1 (thanks to Vladimir and Johan's suggestions), it worked flawlessly. Joe >=20 > -- Brooks --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-aZic8LVCv8cg7VClI5Wf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQBBgZV4b2iPiv4Uz4cRAlUXAJdn+T8z4mpU+EbZBo2vyI89s3fnAJ9LJv4s 8vh85urDy8R47+ojWEphgg== =Qfqg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aZic8LVCv8cg7VClI5Wf--