Ok... Um. The motherboard physically does not have a PS/2 port. It is an Abit AT7. It has no legacy devices. No PS/2 No serial, No parallel ports. Nada.
Would it be possible to install 4.10 and then upgrade to 5.3 (instructions on upgrading an existing system are welcome)? Are you essentially telling me my only option is to purchase a new motherboard? That kind of sucks! -----Original Message----- From: Robert Huff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:07 PM To: Joshua Lewis Subject: USB keyboard and 5.3RC1 Hello: > I have been trying to install 5.3 since it went into BETA and now > I am trying to install from the RC1 CD. My problem is when the > thing is done booting into the systand install screen my USB > keyboard is non-responsive. I have tried other keyboards with no > luck (I don't have PS/2 ports on this motherboard.) Then you're in trouble. The short version is this: due to stuff which is over my head, the kernel can run with _either_ a AT/PS2 keyboard, _or_ a USB keyboard, but not both. For reasons of compatibility with historical hardware (and many current machines), the decision has been made to default to have the default kernel use the PS/2 ports. This applies to both 4.x and 5.x. You're going to need to find a way to add a PS/2 keyboard. And you should keep it installed after system installation. Why? Because the boot loader - the code that allows you to select single-user mode so you can fix a crashed system - doesn't understand USB either. Robert Huff who also wishes it were possible to have a pure USB system. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
