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Date:      Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:04:15 +0000
From:      Michael Doyle <itmngr@cooperationireland.org>
To:        JK <jdkullmann@aliencamel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0 on Apple's Intel Developer Platform?
Message-ID:  <EF04F5CB-A940-4CF2-BE68-D60DABF782B6@cooperationireland.org>
In-Reply-To: <web-20604408@aliencamel.com>
References:  <web-20604408@aliencamel.com>

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On 9 Jan 2006, at 20:41, JK wrote:

> I can get the 6.0 CD1 to boot ok on Apple's Intel Developers  
> Platform but the usb keyboard is not recognized.  Do I have to do  
> something special to use a USB keyboard? There is no PS/2 keyboard  
> or mouse port on that platform.

Is the Boot CD image not recognising the USB port, or not recognising  
the Apple keyboard?
If the latter, then a standard Windows/PC USB keyboard should work.

I know that PC keyboards and Apple keyboards have different lay-outs  
and may act
differently. PC keyboards work in a Mac. The converse may not be true  
(haven't tried it)

Mike



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