Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:49:04 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months Message-ID: <16815.36304.188670.238045@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <41AF8017.4000206@freebsd.org> References: <20041202002939.GA2834@ns1.xcllnt.net> <16815.31852.46550.983276@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <41AF8017.4000206@freebsd.org>
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Scott Long writes: > Are you talking about putting a minimal USB stack into the boot > loader? That _certainly_ cannot fit into boot0, and I doubt that > it can fit into boot1. It might be possible for > boot2/BTX/loader, but that's also quite a bit of work. As far as I know - and I would _love_ to be wrong - USB keyboards are not recognized before the kernel proper loads. This means I have to keep a PS2 keybaord attached to interrupt the countdown and make the jump to sub-ligh\\\\\, er. single user. I have no idea what stage of the boot process this is; all I know I have to use two keyboards where I should only need one. > I take it that your BIOS does not provide keyboard emulation for > you? If not, I guess that it makes it difficult to boot to DOS. The motherboard is an Asus P4S533 with an Award BIOS. I can't take the machine down to check on any keyboard emulation settings. (And the box has always been 100% Microsoft-free.) Robert Huff
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