Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:05:20 -0700 From: Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard Message-ID: <5365ea66050614140542a1b139@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <5365ea66050613184237c90890@mail.gmail.com> <9E42D1DE4DE5A9B39FE2D6F4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <5365ea660506132216a5809ab@mail.gmail.com> <2F4C741C886CD13AD0025372@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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Thanks, Paul. What you meant is that I should choose option 7 when the=20 beastie menu pops up, right? I am not sure which FreeBSD release could do= =20 that. In my 5.2.1 and 5.3R1, the option 7 is "reboot". Is that in 5.4? thanks a lot, --ken On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: >=20 > --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <kan.cai@gmail.com>=20 > wrote: >=20 > > Hi, Paul: > > > > Thanks for the reply, but it didn't work. I tried 3 keyboards and 2 > > FreeBSD releases (5.2.1, and 5.3R1). The combination of logitech=20 > keyboard > > with 5.2.1 does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but tha= t > > is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press > > "space", "tab" or "enter". > > > I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Let's try again. >=20 > ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when= =20 > the > daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several=20 > options, > if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb keyboar= d > **during the install**. >=20 > If you're waiting until the sysinstall appears, that's way too late. You > need to chose option 7 before the kernel even loads, almost immediately > after the system boots. >=20 > If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I > have no idea what the problem might be. >=20 > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ >
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