[rescue] Re: Sun memo regarding Java

[Brian]

Dell laptops and usb keyboard probs, man reminds me of a friend with an
8000 that tried installing Solaris x86 a year or so ago.  If he used the
integrated keyboard, when he hit the key for english at the language
selection, mass character spewage would show up on the screen, and his
install had to be aborted.  Using a USB keyboard from the beginning was a
nogo, it wouldnt work either.  What he had to do was use the integrated
keypad until that point, then at that part attach and use the usb keypad.
Similarly, to use it, he had to use the integrated keypad to boot, and usb
keypad once the OS was booted.


	Brian

The path to a desireable destination
is often more difficult than the path to stay where you are.

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Robert Novak wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Kurt Huhn wrote:
>
> > Jeffrey Nonken <jeff_work at nonken.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Um, oh dear. Your average PC will not work without a graphics card and
> > > RAM; it'll just sit there and beep. Absolute minimum configuration.
>
> Actually, you may have to tell it in the BIOS to ignore errors, but it
> should work just fine without keyboard/mouse/graphics.
>
> > Mine uses a USB keyboard, but it is not available when doing anything in
> > BIOS config.
>
> Oddly, my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) accepts the USB keyboard in BIOS and
> in Windows but not in FreeBSD. Haven't bothered to troubleshoot it yet.
> You may have to enable a "legacy usb" support option in the BIOS at some
> point with a PS/2 keyboard to make this work.
>
> --Rob
>
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