Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 21:59:55 +0200 From: Alessandro de Manzano <ale@unixmania.net> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@usrlib.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB keyboard (MS) Message-ID: <20010509215955.C11353@libero.sunshine.ale> In-Reply-To: <20010509145319.A88778@cec.wustl.edu>; from ajh3@usrlib.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 02:53:19PM -0500 References: <m1vgnay59l.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk> <20010509145319.A88778@cec.wustl.edu>
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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. -- bye! Ale ale@unixmania.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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