From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 05:23:19 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6EEA16A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:23:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp2.att.ne.jp (smtp2.att.ne.jp [165.76.15.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6C8843D1F for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:23:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mhuggett@zam.att.ne.jp) Received: from desktop (218.231.177.248.eo.eaccess.ne.jp [218.231.177.248]) by smtp2.att.ne.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA881984F0 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:23:18 +0900 (JST) From: Matthew Huggett To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20050325052318.5EA881984F0@smtp2.att.ne.jp> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:23:18 +0900 (JST) Subject: Can't escape to loader prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:23:19 -0000 Hi, I'm trying to install 5.3, via CD, on a system with a USB keyboard only. Once I boot from the CD, I lose the keyboard and, after the first menu times out, I see the main install menu but I can't make any selections. I've seen the instructions to "escape to loader prompt" and do > set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1" > boot However, I am unable to even escape to the loader prompt. The only thing I can do with my keyboard once I boot from the CD is toggle the num lock and caps lock. I haven't been able to find any reports of similar trouble on Google, so was wondering if anyone on this list has had trouble with a keyboard so early on in the install, and what, if anything, they did to fix it. Thanks, Matt