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Description of problem: When you boot the CD and enter the install (boot the kernel) the USB keyboard (and mouse ?) does not work. This quite necessary on an USB only system :-) Hardware is : IBM Eseries 325 1U Dual opteron 2ghz CPU No ps/2 ports available Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Boot the fedora test1 AMD64 cd and type enter (or linux) at the install prompt. After this the USB devices do not work. Not able to choose skip or ok at the prompt for the cd check. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot cd 2. Type enter 3. Try to choose ok in cd check dialog Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
you might look for a bios update on this one, x325 with current firmwares seems to install fine on test1.
I'm having the same problem on Fedora 2 test 3 with a Chaintech 7VIF4 based system. I have the latest firmware (2.0 2003/09/08). I've tried enabling and disabling the USB keyboard support in the bios and neither works. Could the problem be keyboard dependent? I'll see if I can try another one. It's the exact same problem as described above. I'm unable to enter anything on the keyboard at the "check cd" prompt. If I try installing with a PS2 keyboard everything works fine. The USB worked fine to install Windows XP.
This also occurs for me on Tyan S2880 AMD Opteron (x86_64), with the most current BIOS available from Tyan. I need to use USB keyboard because the PS/2 ports on my system are no longer functional. I have tried this most recently on Fedora Core 2. Please note that the BIOS USB keyboard support works fine at the initial LILO boot prompt, but once the kernel boots and asks for input at the "check cd" prompt the keyboard support stops working. I cannot even use the VNC install option, since the "check cd" prompt is apparently done before connecting by VNC becomes an option.