Re: Prepping to install: a digression

["William A. Mahaffey III" <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost>]

On 07/14/15 02:15, tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:43:57AM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > In article <55A43D0B.6030208%hiwaay.net@localhost>,
> > William A. Mahaffey III <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost> wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I tried the 'boot -a'. It got down to the following:
> > >
> > > boot device: wd0
> > > root device (default wd0a):
> > >
> > > When I tried to type in 'raid0a', it added 'pckbport_start: command
> > > error' & hung.
> > > [...]
> > [...] I am wondering why the
> > keyboard is not functional for you. Try raidctl -A softroot <device>
> I have not followed the thread from the start so this has perhaps been
> asked before: is the keyboard USB attached and not PS2? In this case,
> from usb(4) add the "flags 1" to the USB protocols in the kernel config:
>
> usb* at ehci? flags 1
> usb* at ohci? flags 1
> usb* at uhci? flags 1
>
> (I guess this could be limited to the USB 1.0 protocols but who
> knows...)
>
> because :
>
> "Sometimes it is desirable to have a device detected early in the
> boot process, e.g., the console keyboard. To achieve this use a flags
> value of 1."
>
> FWIW,


Good thought, however it is a PS2 kbd & mouse. Thanks for your reply & 
TIA for any new clues.


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