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Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:52:10 +0200
From:      Gianni Doe <gdoe6545@yahoo.it>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        matti k <matti.k@bigpond.net.au>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Subject:   Re: Boot menu and USB keyboard
Message-ID:  <91554876-A642-41C9-BCE4-5A0ACEDA445D@yahoo.it>
In-Reply-To: <18422.7595.283033.248344@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 04/apr/08, at 14:23, Robert Huff wrote:
>> I've got a USB keyboard and I'm unable to select any of the
>> options in the boot loader/beastie menu - escape to the loader
>> prompt, single- user mode etc..
>> It is the only keyboard attached and it works fine once the
>> system is up.
> 	What version of the OS?  I used to have this problem, but it
> disappeared ... sometime between 6.0 and 7.0, I think.
> 	And I'm pretty sure this was discussed on the mailing lists -
> try searching under "Huff USB keyboard".
> 			Robert Huff

I'm running 7.0-STABLE and legacy USB support is enabled in the BIOS,  
motherboard is ASUS A8V.
I did search but all the stuff I found is a few years old, so should  
the boot menu definitely support usb keyboard?
-Gianni



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