Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:38:09 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: sam wun <sam.wun@authtec.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only) Message-ID: <1098851889.51833.17.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <417F2556.4040802@authtec.net> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <417F2556.4040802@authtec.net>
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--=-mN1LKBcrtSm9LYwunMBE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 00:34, sam wun wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > >However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck. > > =20 > > > Have you tried the following options: > " usbd", "Enable USB daemon (detect USB attach / detach) ? I don't even have the system installed. I know the keyboard will work fine once I get things up and running, but I have to get there first. >=20 > >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. > > > > =20 > > > I m surprised the serial mode doesn't work. > I believe you need to change one of the tty device in the /etc/tty file=20 > to enable serial mode. Yes, once I get things up and running, I can start a getty, but for now, I just need to get the OS installed. I think I need to make floppies with a boot.config file that tells FreeBSD to use the serial console. I think I'll give that a shot. Joe >=20 > Sam. >=20 > >Joe > > > > =20 > > --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-mN1LKBcrtSm9LYwunMBE 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) iD8DBQBBfyYxb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlFxAKCf2RjEXcfP9TMExxDSRY8up7plWgCeOQ+Y qLJpmA7l5F3k83AgF7LeHdk= =VFW/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mN1LKBcrtSm9LYwunMBE--
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