Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 14:00:39 -0500 From: DerDrache <derdrache@gmail.com> To: Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't escape to loader prompt Message-ID: <59c289ef050401110048317b42@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050325052318.5EA881984F0@smtp2.att.ne.jp> References: <20050325052318.5EA881984F0@smtp2.att.ne.jp>
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On Mar 25, 2005 12:23 AM, Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install 5.3, via CD, on a system with a USB keyboard > only. Once I boot from the CD, I lose the keyboard and, after the > first menu times out, I see the main install menu but I can't make any > selections. > > I've seen the instructions to "escape to loader prompt" and do > > set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" > > boot > However, I am unable to even escape to the loader prompt. The only > thing I can do with my keyboard once I boot from the CD is toggle the > num lock and caps lock. I haven't been able to find any reports of > similar trouble on Google, so was wondering if anyone on this list has > had trouble with a keyboard so early on in the install, and what, if > anything, they did to fix it. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I know this isn't the answer you're looking for and I'm sure wasn't the most intelligent thing to do but when I found myself in this same position I installed a copy of 5.2.1 and cvsuped to 5.3-RELEASE. Definately a PITA. DerDrache DerDrache
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