From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 29 17:58:30 2005 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 78A6F16A41F for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:58:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD95F43D45 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:58:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xfb52@dial.pipex.com) Received: from [82.41.32.229] ([82.41.32.229]) by smtp-out5.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:58:55 +0100 Message-ID: <43134CAF.7000906@dial.pipex.com> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:58:07 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050530 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us, pl MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <26D2B92B-4847-4DAD-A6BA-D3408B588D01@clickcom.com> <43104379.3080607@dinpris.no> In-Reply-To: <43104379.3080607@dinpris.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Aug 2005 17:58:55.0804 (UTC) FILETIME=[52D247C0:01C5ACC3] Subject: Re: Interrupt Storm Dell PowerEdge 1850 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, 29 Aug 2005 17:58:30 -0000 Nicklas B. Westerlund wrote: >John Straiton wrote: > > > >>Hello, >> >>I am attempting to install 5.4R on a brand new Dell PowerEdge 1850 >>machine. The installation goes perfectly however after the reboot, I >>am unable to log into the machine (or in this case, create the >>entropy salt) >> >> > > >John, > >Let me take a quick guess.. You've got the DRAC4 card installed? >If you do, that's why the keyboard doesn't work, as it defaults to the >DRAC4 one (Although it's only a virtual keyboard). >If that's the case, just go to singleuser, and change devd.conf and >change ukbd0 to ukbd1. > > But if you do that, then I believe you will not be able to use the DRAC as a remote console because your virtual keyboard won't work. (not without changing to the ukbd0 from your real keyboard, which pretty much defeats the point of the virtual keyboard i.e. using it automatically from miles away). My advice is to use the DRAC as your console. You can still use a PS/2 kbd for the BIOS or from the install CD (as long as you don't pick option 8(?) "boot with USB kbd"). --Alex