On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 09:28:55PM -0700, Marco S Hyman wrote:
> Hey Tas...
>
> I'm trying to bring a second mini on line and am having a problem
> that I don't recall how I worked around the first go around. Perhaps
> you can apply a clue bat!
>
> I hooked up a monitor and keyboard, installed a CD created
> from the latest snapshot, and was happy to see it boot OpenBSD
> as I powered it up while holding the C key. Much easier than
> I remember the first time when I had to build a custom i386
> kernel.
>
> Alas, my joy was short lived: once the bsd.rd is running the
> USB keyboard isn't recognized. I'm sitting at the (I)nstall,
> (U)pgrade, or (S)hell? prompt and can't go any further.
>
> Do you remember the the necessary tweak to get bsd.rd to
> handle the USB keyboard? I don't remember this issue the
> last time I tried to bring one on line.
>
> Thanks,
>
> // marc
On a macbook, not all USB ports are created equal. You have to use the
frontmost USB port for the external keyboard when installing. Perhaps
something similar is the case for the mini?
-Otto
