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=F7 =D3=D2, 27/10/2004 =D7 00:21 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:
> 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.
>=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.

Yes, instruct kernel to put console on serial from loader prompt
( I guess something like  =20
   OK set hint.sio.0.flags=3D"0x10"
   OK boot -h
  or like
 )

> Joe
>=20
--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenchikov
vova@fbsd.ru