Thanks you for all your suggestions! I'll burn a 5.4 cd then. cheers, --ken
On 6/14/05, Daniel Gerzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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." ] > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"