Re: Install with USB keyboard



On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Kirk Strauser wrote:

On Sunday 04 March 2007 23:53, John Costanzo wrote:

That did not work. Please I would really like to use FreeBSD and I do not have a PS/2 port to help. Thanks

For the record, I just installed 6.2 onto a USB-only server using a USB keyboard. I can't give any advice for your exact situation, but wanted to say that it really is possible, at least on certain hardware.

A resounding "me too" here. I recently installed 6.2 using a USB keyboard. It worked just fine during install, as well as afterwards during normal operation. This was on a Dell Dementia 150.

Oh, is there any way to ask your BIOS to make USB keyboards and mice show up as PS2?

Sorry, don't know.

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