Installing on a machine with no PS/2 ports (USB only)
Gunnar Flygt
flygt at sr.se
Tue Oct 26 23:36:58 PDT 2004
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:21:07AM -0400, 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
>
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I reported exact the same thing the other day. No respons from the list
though. What I did was to install from 5.2.1-RELEASE and make an upgrade
from source. That works fine all the way. So the problem must be with
the installer!
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Gunnar Flygt
SR Datadrift
Sveriges Radio
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