From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 21:05:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643C516A41C for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:05:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kan.cai@gmail.com) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F5743D48 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:05:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kan.cai@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c51so704657rne for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:05:20 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=t66Ql5so8uk+Gx5A8+QjHQguOiabAWCnhSTVLOOrTxzzRzsS3y6cob6HsR2LQgLRl155ix3w+xGDj8YGVqvSdMcIUsA16AMi1eGZ6FKeCmwKcpK8Lac+HiMwn2CsUB1Aw4AvoNNZfaqqll//OE75FlPW5t7EGnl54Bdmh8lLzXo= Received: by 10.11.116.62 with SMTP id o62mr42038cwc; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.11.116.17 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:05:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:05:20 -0700 From: Kan Cai To: Paul Schmehl In-Reply-To: <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> <9E42D1DE4DE5A9B39FE2D6F4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com> <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kan Cai List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:05:21 -0000 Thanks, Paul. What you meant is that I should choose option 7 when the=20 beastie menu pops up, right? I am not sure which FreeBSD release could do= =20 that. In my 5.2.1 and 5.3R1, the option 7 is "reboot". Is that in 5.4? thanks a lot, --ken On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl wrote: >=20 > --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai =20 > wrote: >=20 > > Hi, Paul: > > > > Thanks for the reply, but it didn't work. I tried 3 keyboards and 2 > > FreeBSD releases (5.2.1, and 5.3R1). The combination of logitech=20 > keyboard > > with 5.2.1 does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but tha= t > > is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press > > "space", "tab" or "enter". > > > I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Let's try again. >=20 > ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when= =20 > the > daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several=20 > options, > if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb keyboar= d > **during the install**. >=20 > If you're waiting until the sysinstall appears, that's way too late. You > need to chose option 7 before the kernel even loads, almost immediately > after the system boots. >=20 > If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I > have no idea what the problem might be. >=20 > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ >