Hello Kan, Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 11:05:20 PM, you wrote the following:
> Thanks, Paul. What you meant is that I should choose option 7 when the > beastie menu pops up, right? I am not sure which FreeBSD release could do > that. In my 5.2.1 and 5.3R1, the option 7 is "reboot". Is that in 5.4? Well, I'm not sure if that exists in < 5.4 but there is an option called "Boot FreeBSD with USB keyboard" or similar in 5.4. I was installing 5.4 on Dell gx280, which doesn't have any PS/2 ports so it is possible to use only USB keyboard (that really sucks btw.), some time ago. > thanks a lot, > --ken > On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > 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 >> keyboard >> > with 5.2.1 does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but that >> > 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. >> >> ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when >> the >> daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several >> options, >> if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb keyboard >> **during the install**. >> >> 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. >> >> If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I >> have no idea what the problem might be. >> -- Best Regards, DanGer, ICQ: 261701668 | e-mail protecting at: http://www.2pu.net/ http://danger.rulez.sk | proxy list at: http://www.proxy-web.com/ | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [ "They've got us surrounded. The poor bastards." ]
