From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 13 16:35:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C3F106568B; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:35:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC45B8FC0C; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from bb.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.89]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1KpQOb-000HZv-1X; Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:35:49 +0400 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <19944068.post@talk.nabble.com> <20081013162419.GA23363@icarus.home.lan> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:35:37 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20081013162419.GA23363@icarus.home.lan> (Jeremy Chadwick's message of "Mon\, 13 Oct 2008 09\:24\:19 -0700") Message-ID: <61402806@bb.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: ton80 , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Hangs 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, 13 Oct 2008 16:35:52 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick writes: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:57:22AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, ton80 wrote: >> >>> I am trying to install FreeBSD. >>> During the install (actually at the beginning of the process) the system >>> hangs indefinitely. >>> When it gets to the select country screen...it is frozen. >>> During the boot process, as it is reading all the hardware, it finds the USB >>> controller OK then later it states there was an IO error and that the USB >>> controller is halted. I have a USB Keyboard and mouse...so I would say the >>> problem is here. >>> Is there any workaround I can use to get things going? >> >> Set "USB Legacy Support" to disabled in the BIOS. If that isn't >> available, it might work to boot with the keyboard detached. Connect it >> after the BIOS boot, at the FreeBSD bootloader prompt or maybe at the >> country select screen. > > I don't see how this would solve or even affect his problem. > > As I understand it, "USB Legacy Support" is intended for operating > systems which do not have a USB stack available to them, thus making USB > keyboards/mice appear as PS/2 keyboards/mice within MS-DOS and so on. I > believe the way it works is that the BIOS acts as a software translation > layer between the USB device and PS/2 interaction. This translation is > lost the instant interrupts are re-mapped or the southbridge/USB > controller is initialised. > > The OP is making it past boot2/loader, the kernel and all its drivers > are fully loaded (including the USB stack). Well, that may be totally correct but practice... Ex., I have an ASUS P5K motherboard and I can't use a USB mouse with "USB Legacy Support". The mouse is detected and works IFF this support is OFF. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve