My project wish-list for the next 12 months
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Dec 2 13:53:39 PST 2004
Scott Long writes:
> Are you talking about putting a minimal USB stack into the boot
> loader? That _certainly_ cannot fit into boot0, and I doubt that
> it can fit into boot1. It might be possible for
> boot2/BTX/loader, but that's also quite a bit of work.
As far as I know - and I would _love_ to be wrong - USB
keyboards are not recognized before the kernel proper loads. This
means I have to keep a PS2 keybaord attached to interrupt the
countdown and make the jump to sub-ligh\\\\\, er. single user. I
have no idea what stage of the boot process this is; all I know I
have to use two keyboards where I should only need one.
> I take it that your BIOS does not provide keyboard emulation for
> you? If not, I guess that it makes it difficult to boot to DOS.
The motherboard is an Asus P4S533 with an Award BIOS. I can't
take the machine down to check on any keyboard emulation settings.
(And the box has always been 100% Microsoft-free.)
Robert Huff
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