Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 19:01:40 -0500 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: Alessandro de Manzano <ale@unixmania.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB keyboard (MS) Message-ID: <20010509190140.A89294@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010509215955.C11353@libero.sunshine.ale>; from ale@unixmania.net on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:59:55PM %2B0200 References: <m1vgnay59l.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk> <20010509145319.A88778@cec.wustl.edu> <20010509215955.C11353@libero.sunshine.ale>
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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:59:55PM +0200, Alessandro de Manzano wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:53:19PM -0500, Andrew Hesford wrote: > > > place for a keyboard and mouse is on a dedicated bus. Plus, unless it's > > a simple misconfiguration, one stage of the bootloader doesn't > > recognize USB keyboards. That means you can't interrupt boot and get a > > prompt. > > Many BIOSs can "emulate" a PS/2 keyboard from an USB one if configured > so (and there is not real PS/2 kbd). > It's called something like "USB Kbd support: legacy" AFAIR. Yes, and I had this enabled in my BIOS. Here it is just called "Legacy USB Support". I can enter the BIOS with the USB keyboard, and move around its menus. On the first stage of the bootloader (the MBR slice-selection), I can hit ENTER to terminate the waiting period. But at the second stage, when "autoboot" tells me to hit any key for a prompt (or hit enter to boot immediately), I can't do anything with the keyboard. Once the system is booted, it works just like a normal USB keyboard. I thought that this was because the second-stage bootloader starts ignoring the BIOS, but I can't be sure. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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