I've recently installed FBSD 5.4 onto a Dell via a USB keyboard without much
ado.
The trick may be in your bios: you may want to check if you enabled USB
keyboard during bootup.
- Original Message -
From: Don LoCrasto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Saturday,
I'm trying to install 5.4 with a usb keyboard. I saw the suggestion
below on freebsd.org, however the keyboard doesn't work to
allow me to select option 7.
Any suggestions?
If you can't use your USB keyboard at the Boot Menu (which is where the
infamous Option 7 is), then your BIOS doesn't
--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,
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?
thanks a lot,
--ken
On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--On
--On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 14:05:20 -0700 Kan Cai [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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?
On Monday 13 June 2005 18:42, the author Kan Cai contributed to the dialogue
on-
install freebsd with usb keyboard:
Hi, there:
I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have
tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can
recognize the device correctly
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. But, as I said, the keyboard PS2 plugin of my mobo is
*physically* broken. So even with a usb-ps2 adapter, it won't work. Any
other suggestions?
cheers,
--ken
On 6/13/05, Vizion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 13 June 2005 18:42, the author Kan Cai contributed
Someone broke the silence:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. But, as I said, the keyboard PS2 plugin of my
mobo is *physically* broken. So even with a usb-ps2 adapter, it
won't work. Any other suggestions?
cheers,
--ken
I've seen some keyboards that supports use of serial ports (RS-232).
On Monday 13 June 2005 19:55, the author Haulmark, Chris contributed to the
dialogue on-
RE: install freebsd with usb keyboard:
Someone broke the silence:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. But, as I said, the keyboard PS2 plugin of my
mobo is *physically* broken. So even with a usb-ps2 adapter
--On June 13, 2005 6:42:03 PM -0700 Kan Cai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have
tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can
recognize the device correctly (because it prints out the device names
precisely when bringing
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
5.2.1does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but that is
how far it
goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press
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