Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:38:36 -0700 From: Paul Forrester <paforres@cisco.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR Message-ID: <7CE584E1-7021-11D7-B0FC-000393CE2294@cisco.com>
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I have the same problem as Mark. I've tried enabling USB at the BIOS level and that allows me to use the keyboard to navigate the BIOS screens, but as soon as the BootMGR loads, the USB gets switched off. I manage several servers in a cross platform environment and USB is the only 'common' denominator for keyboards. Right now I keep a separate keyboard around just for that period when the BootMGR is running for those rare instances when I need to stop the boot, change the kernel, boot into single user, etc... It seems like others must have bumped up against this problem and solved it in a more elegant fashion than I. How about it? Is there a software only workaround? Thanks and regards, Paul Forrester Begin forwarded message: > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:51:20 +0000 > From: "Timothy R. Simmons" <tsimmons77@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: USB Keyboard and FreeBSD BootMGR > To: Mark Jacobs <mark.jacobs@custserv.com>, questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <200304160651.20634.tsimmons77@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Enabling USB Keyboard support in BIOS may be your answer here. > That should let the keyboard be usuable until the USB daemon can take > control. > > On Wednesday 16 April 2003 01:54 pm, Mark Jacobs wrote: >> This may be a catch-22 situtation but, how does one select which >> operating >> system to boot from using a usb keyboard since it doesn't seem to do >> anything until an operating system is booted and support for usb >> devices >> loaded. >> >> TIA, >> >> Mark Jacobs >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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