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Date:      Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:27:49 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Install with USB keyboard
Message-ID:  <20070305192451.Q30645@tripel.monochrome.org>
In-Reply-To: <200703051512.43979.kirk@strauser.com>
References:  <b4253cc20703042153t4c02c44bg2138fbbeea89d372@mail.gmail.com> <200703051512.43979.kirk@strauser.com>

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On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Kirk Strauser wrote:

> On Sunday 04 March 2007 23:53, John Costanzo wrote:
>
>> That did not work. Please I would really like to use FreeBSD and I do 
>> not have a PS/2 port to help. Thanks
>
> For the record, I just installed 6.2 onto a USB-only server using a 
> USB keyboard.  I can't give any advice for your exact situation, but 
> wanted to say that it really is possible, at least on certain 
> hardware.

A resounding "me too" here. I recently installed 6.2 using a USB 
keyboard. It worked just fine during install, as well as afterwards 
during normal operation. This was on a Dell Dementia 150.

> Oh, is there any way to ask your BIOS to make USB keyboards and mice 
> show up as PS2?

Sorry, don't know.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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