From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 04:39:34 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 4FF0D16A4CE for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:39:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1CB43D48 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:39:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) i9R4Zj9D022420; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:35:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: sam wun In-Reply-To: <417F2556.4040802@authtec.net> References: <1098850867.51833.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <417F2556.4040802@authtec.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mN1LKBcrtSm9LYwunMBE" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1098851889.51833.17.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:38:09 -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: 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 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 04:39:34 -0000 --=-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--