Don't know about keyboards, but I've successfully installed RH systems with USB mice.
-Tim On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 13:21, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > > Odds are you'd have problems if you can't use mouse or keyboard until after > the > operating system is installed. I'd think again; it is much safer to have > PS/2 > mouse and keyboard ports. > > Maybe someone on the list knows of a success in installing Linux with only > a USB mouse/keyboard. Of course you might install Linux on your hard > drive on another system and then move it to your new one. > > Choppy > > At 12:36 PM 5/10/02 -0500, you wrote: > >Forgot to mention another interesting point about this motherboard......it > >does not have parallel or serial ports for mouse, modem or keyboard, its a > >usb 1.1 , usb 2.0 and firewire system so if I decide to buy it I will also > >have to purchase a usb 1.1 keyboard and mouse. I have never installed any > >flavor of Linux on a system that used a usb mouse and keyboard. > >Thanks. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Cleve Allison > >To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > >Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 10:55 AM > >Subject: [brlug-general] Soyo SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra > > > >I'm thinking about buying a Soyo SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra motherboard and a AMD > >1900+ XP and 512 MB of DDR333 or PC2700 ram. > > > >Does anyone have any thoughts on what my chances of having a smooth Linux > >installation will be with all the built-in features of this motherboard such > >as built-in networking, sound, usb 2.0, etc. I don't want to even buy it if > >I can only use it for Windows. I am currently using Mandrake and Redhat at > >home but want to try Suse as well. > > > >Thanks in advance for any insight you are able to off > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
