Hey when the machine boots and you see the demon logo hit 6 and enter 'set 
hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"' 

* eodyna ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi there,
>  
> Work recently purchased a Dell gx280. I orignally installed 5.2.1 and had 
> problems with drivers. It was kindly mentioned that i should install 5.3 to 
> help with these problems. I was also informed about problems with usb 
> keyboards on boot/startup.
>  
> Ive tried to have a look on google and couldn't come up with any solutions. I 
> have tried to install 5.3 (from cd) however, sysinstall doesn't respond at 
> all, on any of the options i choose to boot from. The BIOS doesn't have an 
> option for keyboard for me to make changes. dmesg output before the 
> sysinstall screen says "atkdb0 [GIANT-LOCKED]".
>  
> I dont know how to set " set hint.atkbd.0.flags="0x1"" if i cant access the 
> keyboard, and the OS isn't installed for me to make any changes.
>  
> apologies for my ignorance and confusion.
>  
> if someone can point me in the right direction and or help me, id be very 
> grateful.
>  
> thank-you in advance.
>  
> ams
> 
> 
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