Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:17:39 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Matthew Huggett <mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp> Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: legacy USB setting in BIOS Message-ID: <42482E23.2020703@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050325150515.9A14F6608@smtp3.att.ne.jp> References: <20050325150515.9A14F6608@smtp3.att.ne.jp>
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Matthew Huggett wrote: >Hello, > > >I've been having trouble gettin a USB keyboard to work at all during >installation of FreeBSD 5.3. I've discovered that the only BIOS >setting that makes a difference is enabling/disabling USB legacy >support. Disabling it makes my keyboard totally useless in that I >can't even boot in to my existing Linux. Booting from the Freesbie >live CD gives me a mouse, but no keyboard, so I guess I'm not totally >SOL. Is there anyway to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a system that has no >non-USB mouse/keyboard? > >Thanks, > >Matt > > > To answer your question: yes, I'm *pretty sure* there is. Now, to address the issue at large: you should direct this email to "questions@freebsd.org", because the "newbies" list/forum isn't a] supposed to answer this according to list charter, BION, and b] low-trafficked enough that it's been what, 4 days since you asked and no one has responded? The "more expert" types read questions@, but newbies@ has a low readership, and you can't expect support questions such as this answered.... Now, I seem to recall someone posting this or a very similar question to the questions@ list a few days back, and there is a way ... something in regard to a hint passed to the boot loader via the escape prompt prior to booting the installation program. Search the questions@ archives, and if you don't find the answer, repost your question to the other list and see if you don't have an answer in a few hours instead of a few days.... Good luck! Kevin Kinsey
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