Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:23:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: USB, kvm switch, kbdcontrol, and boot-loader Message-ID: <20020731222353.13405.qmail@web20704.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I have a 4 port IOGEAR KVM switch that uses USB keyboard and USB mouse. I switch frequently with a Linux box (kernel module work), a Windows box (Outlook scheduling), and the FreeBSD box (development box). All on different machines. Since the FreeBSD boot loader doesn't have USB support, I have to attach a PS/2 keyboard to the FreeBSD box as well. However, whenever I switch back to the FreeBSD box, the console switched to the PS/2 keyboard. I have to run 'kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/ttyv0' to switch back to the USB keyboard. I have two questions: 1. How can I prevent the reverting back to PS/2 keyboard? 2. Is there any bootloader that can use USB keyboard for selecting the OS to boot? I know GRUB can't. I don't think LILO can. I don't know of any other boot loader. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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