Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:17:22 -0400 From: David Aquilina <dwaquilina@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation without PS/2 Keyboard Message-ID: <add80778040906211774c1299e@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings, I've googled around to try and find a solution, but so far nothing has worked. I have a system here I'd like to install FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on (an AMD64 system) however it only has USB ports, no PS/2 ports. Additionally, there's no floppy disk drive present in the system, so the instructions in the handbook for using a serial console won't work. As a result of this, once the kernel actually loads and the sysinstall program starts, the system ignores the USB keyboard. I attempted booting from the FreeBSD installation CD, dropping to the boot loader prompt, and setting the following variables: hint.atkbd.0.disable=1 hint.atkbdc.0.disable=1 I've also tried disabling ACPI , and "toggle-module ukbd". Finally, I tried the above both with USB Legacy Emulation both enabled and disabled in the BIOS, with seemingly no effect. Any hints? Thanks! -- David Aquilina dwaquilina+freebsd@gmail.com
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