I am installing on AMD64 using the netinst CD, from testing. This has been happening (apparently just to me??) for months with various versions of the installer. During various selections, such as "what is your hostname" and "what is your username" and "what is the root password", none of the keyboard letters work...it's as if "control" is held down all the time. The numeric keypad will work though, but I can't get any regular key to work...the return key works, the arrow keys and tab works, so I can zip through the install using all default values but if I have to type something in, no go. I got through this on my last install by plugging in a PS/2 keyboard, but now I'm installing on a machine (SUN x4100) that only has USB. These are different keyboards I'm using, so it's not just the coffee I've dribbled in, but a real bug. Except I don't see anyone else having it (that Google is showing me, anyway). What's with that???
The current installer INSISTS on a username. I think I might have been able to finesse that with ESC-ESC. But isn't there some obvious bug here? Does everyone else do AMD64 installs with USB keyboards, and it's just me, or does that combination just not work? On the good side, the installer recognizes and installs on the fancy SAS (serial attached SCSI) drives that the x4100 has. On the bad side, the root password is 888. David Gluss 408 866 4125 x307
