install freebsd with usb keyboard

[Kan Cai]

Thanks you for all your suggestions! I'll burn a 5.4 cd then.

cheers,
--ken

On 6/14/05, Daniel Gerzo <danger at rulez.sk> wrote:
> 
> Hello Kan,
> 
> Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 11:05:20 PM, you wrote the following:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Well, I'm not sure if that exists in < 5.4 but there is an option
> called "Boot FreeBSD with USB keyboard" or similar in 5.4. I was
> installing 5.4 on Dell gx280, which doesn't have any PS/2 ports so it
> is possible to use only USB keyboard (that really sucks btw.), some
> time ago.
> 
> > thanks a lot,
> > --ken
> 
> > On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls at utdallas.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> --On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <kan.cai at gmail.com>
> >> 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, but 
> that
> >> > is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press
> >> > "space", "tab" or "enter".
> >> >
> >> I'm not sure I explained myself clearly. Let's try again.
> >>
> >> ***During the boot process***** before you ever get to sysinstall, when
> >> the
> >> daemon shows up on the screen and you're given a menu with several
> >> options,
> >> if you look closely, option seven (7) must be chosen to use a usb 
> keyboard
> >> **during the install**.
> >>
> >> If you're waiting until the sysinstall appears, that's way too late. 
> You
> >> need to chose option 7 before the kernel even loads, almost immediately
> >> after the system boots.
> >>
> >> If you *are* doing that and the keyboards aren't working anyway, then I
> >> have no idea what the problem might be.
> >>
> 
> --
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> 
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