Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-12-04 Thread Foo Ji-Haw
mber 03, 2005 5:10 AM Subject: install freebsd with usb keyboard > I'm trying to install 5.4 with a usb keyboard. I saw the suggestion below on freebsd.org, however the keyboard doesn't work to allow me to select option 7. > Any suggestions? > > Don > > > >

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-12-02 Thread Dan O'Connor
I'm trying to install 5.4 with a usb keyboard. I saw the suggestion below on freebsd.org, however the keyboard doesn't work to allow me to select option 7. Any suggestions? If you can't use your USB keyboard at the Boot Menu (which is where the infamous "Option 7" is), then your BIOS doesn't s

install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-12-02 Thread Don LoCrasto
I'm trying to install 5.4 with a usb keyboard. I saw the suggestion below on freebsd.org, however the keyboard doesn't work to allow me to select option 7. Any suggestions? Don ***During the boot process* before you ever get to sysinstall, when the daemon shows up on the screen and you'

Re: Re[2]: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-14 Thread Kan Cai
Thanks you for all your suggestions! I'll burn a 5.4 cd then. cheers, --ken On 6/14/05, Daniel Gerzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > beas

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Tuesday, June 14, 2005 14:05:20 -0700 Kan Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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?

Re[2]: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-14 Thread Daniel Gerzo
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? W

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-14 Thread Kan Cai
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? thanks a lot, --ken On 6/14/05, Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-14 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, June 13, 2005 22:16:38 -0700 Kan Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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,

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Kan Cai
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 5.2.1does highlight the keymap option in sysinstall menu, but that is how far it goes. The keyboard stops working so that I cannot press "sp

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On June 13, 2005 6:42:03 PM -0700 Kan Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can recognize the device correctly (because it prints out the device names precisely when bringing

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Vizion
On Monday 13 June 2005 19:55, the author Haulmark, Chris contributed to the dialogue on- RE: install freebsd with usb keyboard: >Someone broke the silence: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks for the reply. But, as I said, the keyboard PS2 plugin of my >> mobo is *physically* brok

RE: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Haulmark, Chris
Someone broke the silence: > Hi, > > Thanks for the reply. But, as I said, the keyboard PS2 plugin of my > mobo is *physically* broken. So even with a usb->ps2 adapter, it > won't work. Any other suggestions? > > cheers, > --ken I've seen some keyboards that supports use of serial ports (RS-23

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Kan Cai
, the author Kan Cai contributed to the > dialogue > on- > install freebsd with usb keyboard: > > >Hi, there: > > > >I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have > >tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can > >recogniz

Re: install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Vizion
On Monday 13 June 2005 18:42, the author Kan Cai contributed to the dialogue on- install freebsd with usb keyboard: >Hi, there: > >I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have >tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can >recognize the d

install freebsd with usb keyboard

2005-06-13 Thread Kan Cai
Hi, there: I have been trying to install FreeBSD with a usb keyboard (I have tried 3 keyboards so far), but no success. It seems that it can recognize the device correctly (because it prints out the device names precisely when bringing up the usbs), but it freezes right after the sysinstall menu c