From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 04:21:15 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 5C62316A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:21:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03CFA43D2F for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:21:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) i9R4IhoF022309 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:18:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: current@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-/21VfujAk1Sg/Hb8+e80" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:21:07 -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 Subject: 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: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:21:15 -0000 --=-/21VfujAk1Sg/Hb8+e80 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-/21VfujAk1Sg/Hb8+e80 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) iD8DBQBBfyIzb2iPiv4Uz4cRAnQsAJ40P9umexIwTBqCeaoljpDujq/EZACfdFaF siSLtkK8DDi98AAUlEfBwGQ= =od8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-/21VfujAk1Sg/Hb8+e80--