From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 07:04:03 2006 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 3DB3F16A400 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:04:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kralph@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4D3843D45 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:04:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kralph@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l1so1075832nzf for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:04:02 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Qmnco9GG6EUYK8E66OKA8QjonRlDKdy+0LbjhRdAGM2TM3NSW3nKJW856hoM5/PG4z9TmjDV6nLiBTHsbIujrGuFpydwUHCoJXS0YwnMqAYvKHeaZGL5VRY/r1jq8CIBiFgb6/hBAsSbkI/VmbFqvnNR3EwUx4fWVIq/NM8dt4Y= Received: by 10.64.253.5 with SMTP id a5mr327007qbi; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:04:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.188.18 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:04:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <13d4d6bb0603192304g4708be6dy602628f0566a492c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:04:01 -0800 From: "Kenyon Ralph" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Installing FreeBSD with undetected USB keyboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:04:03 -0000 Howdy, longtime Linux user here, finally starting to play with FreeBSD. Having a problem getting it installed... I have a USB Microsoft Natural Keyboard connected to an Intel SE440BX-2 motherboard. The keyboard works fine in the BIOS setup and in Linux booted from a CD. Booting with a 6.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso CD gives me no keyboard functionality at all. I've tried enabling and disabling "legacy USB support" in the BIOS; no difference. I'm thinking that maybe if I set ukbd_load=3D"YES" in /boot/defaults/loader.conf.local, the keyboard might work. But there is no mention of modifying the installation media (either floppy or CD) in either the Handbook or the Installation Instructions. Obviously I can't press a key during the boot sequence to enter commands. I've searched the mailing lists but can't find anybody with a problem like this before. Anybody have any ideas, besides get a PS/2 keyboard? Thanks! Kenyon