From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 21:53:39 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 50BA916A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:53:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10ECA43D55 for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 21:53:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1CZytN-0002B2-00 for current@freebsd.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:53:38 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16815.36304.188670.238045@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:49:04 -0500 To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <41AF8017.4000206@freebsd.org> References: <20041202002939.GA2834@ns1.xcllnt.net> <16815.31852.46550.983276@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <41AF8017.4000206@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta16) "celeriac" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months 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: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 21:53:39 -0000 Scott Long writes: > Are you talking about putting a minimal USB stack into the boot > loader? That _certainly_ cannot fit into boot0, and I doubt that > it can fit into boot1. It might be possible for > boot2/BTX/loader, but that's also quite a bit of work. As far as I know - and I would _love_ to be wrong - USB keyboards are not recognized before the kernel proper loads. This means I have to keep a PS2 keybaord attached to interrupt the countdown and make the jump to sub-ligh\\\\\, er. single user. I have no idea what stage of the boot process this is; all I know I have to use two keyboards where I should only need one. > I take it that your BIOS does not provide keyboard emulation for > you? If not, I guess that it makes it difficult to boot to DOS. The motherboard is an Asus P4S533 with an Award BIOS. I can't take the machine down to check on any keyboard emulation settings. (And the box has always been 100% Microsoft-free.) Robert Huff