Installation Hangs
Jeremy Chadwick
koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Sun Oct 12 18:15:40 UTC 2008
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 11:08:50AM -0700, ton80 wrote:
> Jeremy Chadwick-3 wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:54:26AM -0700, ton80 wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I am trying to install FreeBSD.
> >> During the install (actually at the beginning of the process) the system
> >> hangs indefinitely.
> >> When it gets to the select country screen...it is frozen.
> >> During the boot process, as it is reading all the hardware, it finds the
> >> USB
> >> controller OK then later it states there was an IO error and that the USB
> >> controller is halted. I have a USB Keyboard and mouse...so I would say
> >> the
> >> problem is here.
> >> Is there any workaround I can use to get things going?
> >
> > I'm inclined to believe the installation isn't "hung", but rather that
> > FreeBSD isn't properly working with your USB keyboard (this is very
> > likely, given the state of USB on FreeBSD -- work is underway on CURRENT
> > to fix these problems), so you think the installation is "hung", but
> > in reality it's just waiting for a keypress.
> >
> > The only workaround I can think of would be to get a PS/2 keyboard and
> > use that. Chances are even if you get the OS installed, you probably
> > won't be able to type at the console (with the USB keyboard). :-)
> >
> > And please remember that on many systems you should reboot the system
> > after plugging in or removing a PS/2 keyboard; hot-swapping only works
> > on some motherboards.
> >
> > --
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> Ah...if only it were that easy!
> My system does not have PS2 connectors...only USB.
> So if I cannot get the USB working....I cannot use FreeBSD.
In this case, correct.
> Would OpenBSD give me the same problems I wonder?
I don't know what the state of OpenBSD's USB stack is, and the last
time I encountered NetBSD's USB stack was 7 years ago (not so pleasant
results).
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