FreeBSD on Dell PE 750

[dev at eth0.ch]

It's a PS/2 keyboard.

Dave

> On Apr 09, "dev at eth0.ch" wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I bought a Dell PowerEdge 750 Server with a Perc4 SCSI controller
>> recently. I would like to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it, however, after
>> booting from the CD the keyboard is 'lost'. At the first boot prompt
>> (with
>> the ASCII-daemon) the keyboard is still present.
>>
>> Is there a way to work around? I don't need a keyboard at the end
>> anyway.
>
> Is this a usb keyboard?  My understanding is that you need to have a ps2
> keyboard at least until you can issue
>
> kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1
>
> I also understand that they are working on supportin usb keyboards
> as the only keyboard.
>
>