On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:57:22AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2008, ton80 wrote: > >> 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? > > Set "USB Legacy Support" to disabled in the BIOS. If that isn't > available, it might work to boot with the keyboard detached. Connect it > after the BIOS boot, at the FreeBSD bootloader prompt or maybe at the > country select screen.
I don't see how this would solve or even affect his problem. As I understand it, "USB Legacy Support" is intended for operating systems which do not have a USB stack available to them, thus making USB keyboards/mice appear as PS/2 keyboards/mice within MS-DOS and so on. I believe the way it works is that the BIOS acts as a software translation layer between the USB device and PS/2 interaction. This translation is lost the instant interrupts are re-mapped or the southbridge/USB controller is initialised. The OP is making it past boot2/loader, the kernel and all its drivers are fully loaded (including the USB stack). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
