Subject: Re: USB keyboards, boot selector, boot program.
To: Richard Rauch <rauch@eecs.ukans.edu>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@mail.augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/25/2001 01:18:52
Richard Rauch wrote:

> > Did you set "USB Keyboard support == BIOS" in the BIOS?
>
> No, I didn't know that I needed to do that.  I rebooted, went into setup,
> and found the option.  (With this BIOS, it was actually USB Keyboard:
> Enable/Disable; was set to Disable; now is set to Enable.)  I can now use
> the boot selector, and also control the boot program.
>
>  [...]
> > The next thing to try is single-user. :-)
>
> Single-user didn't handle the USB keyboard.  It prompted me for the path
> to sh, and ignored the keyboard.  I had to cycle the power.

Sorry, single user mode doesn't work with USB keyboards.  You only
need to execute one command to attach it, but without a keyboard it's
kinda hard. :-)

This is something I'be meant to fix for a long time.

    -- Lennart