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On Thu, 1 May 2003, neal elliott wrote:

> Hello to all,
>
>             I have tried to install FreeBSD on my workstation. I have
> tried all 5 term options
> that I am given at the begining of the install and I am unable to use
> the arrow keys in the
> sysinstall menu. I have a "sun type 6 USB" keyboard. what can I do to
> get this to work.
> I don't have a serial cable to use for the serial console.
>

try a snapshot - the sysinstall is almost usable if you select 'ansi'
(iirc) as the terminal option.