Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only)

[Andre Guibert de Bruet]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> The more I look into this, the more it looks like I'm screwed.  I'm
> trying to install FreeBSD 5.3-RC1 from CD on a machine without any PS/2
> ports.  All I have is a USB keyboard.  Yes, the BIOS has legacy USB
> support enabled, and the keyboard works to hit enter at the initial boot
> prompt.  However, once I'm in sysinstall, I'm out of luck.
>
> I tried disconnecting the keyboard at boot time to see if I could get a
> serial console to do the installation, but that didn't work.  The
> console was still detected as internal video.  Any ideas on how I can
> get FreeBSD on this machine (Dell OptiPlex GX280)?  Thanks.

Joe- When in doubt, a good old hard drive swap works wonders... :)

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