From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 14 21:12:03 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 1DB3616A41C for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:12:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@rulez.sk) Received: from mail.rulez.sk (DaEmoN.RuLeZ.sK [84.16.32.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2ACE43D55 for ; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:12:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@rulez.sk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.rulez.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A58421CC3A; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:12:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from danger.mcrn.sk (danger.mcrn.sk [84.16.37.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.rulez.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59BA1CC29; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:11:56 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:10:26 +0200 From: Daniel Gerzo X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1987463016.20050614231026@rulez.sk> To: Kan Cai In-Reply-To: <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com> References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> <9E42D1DE4DE5A9B39FE2D6F4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com> <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="----------AE5E231DB7E724" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.rulez.sk X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.757 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.255, BAYES_00=-2.599, PRIORITY_NO_NAME=1.097] X-Spam-Level: X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Paul Schmehl , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: install freebsd with usb keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Gerzo List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:12:03 -0000 This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. ------------AE5E231DB7E724 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Kan, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 11:05:20 PM, you wrote the following: > Thanks, Paul. What you meant is that I should choose option 7 when the > beastie menu pops up, right? I am not sure which FreeBSD release could do > that. In my 5.2.1 and 5.3R1, the option 7 is "reboot". Is that in 5.4? Well, I'm not sure if that exists in < 5.4 but there is an option called "Boot FreeBSD with USB keyboard" or similar in 5.4. I was installing 5.4 on Dell gx280, which doesn't have any PS/2 ports so it is possible to use only USB keyboard (that really sucks btw.), some time ago. > thanks a lot, > --ken > On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>=20 >> --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai >> 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 th= at >> > 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 >> 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 keyboa= rd >> **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 --=20 Best Regards, DanGer, ICQ: 261701668 | e-mail protecting at: http://www.2pu.net/ http://danger.rulez.sk | proxy list at: http://www.proxy-web.com/ | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [ "They've got us surrounded. The poor bastards." ] ------------AE5E231DB7E724--