Boot hangs at "/bin/sh?", can't see USB keyboard

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 12/07/06 Erik Nørgaard said:

> The keyboard usually works on the boot menu as the bios is in control.
> So, exit the menu to load the kernel modules you need, usb, ukbd and
> uhid I think should do. Then boot into single user mode.
> 
> For next time, this happens, I suggest you build a kernel with usb
> keyboard support built in. I think the GENERIC kernel now supports usb
> keyboards by default, which explains why the boot option has been removed.

I just booted and installed with the "boot with usb keyboard" option in 5.4,
and it's worked ever since. I'm not sure why. I suppose that I should find out
in case it breaks.

Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/attachments/20060713/75bbe374/attachment.pgp