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myatthu

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September 26th, 2005 06:00

FreeBSD installation

Dear Friends,

Now I am try to setup FreeBSD on Dell PowerEdgeSC430.

Problem is in the stage of sysintall I can't use my keyboard.

I use acer keyboard. I am new to Dell.

Give me suggestion for me.

Yours,
mt

Message Edited by myatthu on 09-26-2005 02:09 AM

Kluner

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September 29th, 2005 13:00

it wouldn't happen to be a USB keyboard would it?

did you try any other keyboards? (preferably with another type of connector then the acer you're using now)

sobrado

8 Posts

October 16th, 2005 12:00

What FreeBSD release are you trying to install on that server? Is it the legacy 4.11-RELEASE? Perhaps 5.4-RELEASE? Are you trying the experimental 6.x branch instead?

Please, post the output of dmesg on your system or, at least, the messages that the kernel provides before the installation program starts. I suppose that lines related with the keyboard subsystem (atkbdc0, atkbd0 or kbd0) will help to understand what is happening. Is using another BSD operating system (NetBSD or OpenBSD) acceptable for that server?

Cheers,
Igor.

sobrado

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October 16th, 2005 12:00

Just a guess... can you, please, disable USB and try again using a PS/2 keyboard?

I said that because there are known issues with FreeBSD and USB keyboards. If usbd is not started before sysinstall the keyboard will not work. I read some days ago that FreeBSD 5.4 has a "USB keyboard" installation mode but I do not really know how it works. I am mostly working with NetBSD.

Best regards,
Igor.

Message Edited by sobrado on 10-16-2005 04:05 PM

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