Upgrade from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 3 - Search for answers

Leila Lappin damovand at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 15 16:13:54 UTC 2005



--- Leila Lappin <damovand at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> --- Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 6/15/05, Leila Lappin <damovand at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > The mystery deepens,
> > > 
> > > It turns out I have PS/2 connection for my
> > keyboard
> > > and mouse.  If the problem is incompatibility
> > between
> > > kernel options and the device type then it must
> > not in
> > > the physical device but in the setup parameters.
> 
> > Any
> > > ideas? Have I misunderstood something?
> > > 
> > 
> > Leila,
> >    Please clearify. Does this mean that you have a
> > keyboard that has a
> > USB connector at the end of the cable, and you
> have
> > been plugging it
> > in up until now to a USB port, but the keyboard is
> > also supplied with
> > a little USB to PS/2 converter to allow you to
> plug
> > it into the PS/2
> > keyboard port, and that after changing to that
> > configuration you are
> > still seeing the same problem?
> > 
> >    If so then the next question just exactly how
> far
> > are you getting
> > during the install boot. I just grabbed an FC3
> > install disk. I put it
> > in an older machine and start booing. The
> > installation stuff comes up
> > and I can choose 5 pages of info using F1-F5. Do
> you
> > get that far? If
> > not let us know.
> > 
> >    If you get that far then you look at F2 for
> > options. There aren't
> > many listed, but the ones that are look
> reasonable.
> > Try booting with
> > 
> > linux text noprobe
> > 
> > and see what results you have. this should disable
> > ALL hardware
> > probing and jsut try to boot the kernel. If your
> > basic hardware -
> > keyboard and VGA - are simple and compliant, then
> it
> > should boot. (I
> > hope!)
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > Mark
> > 
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> 
> Mark,
> 
> I’ll do as best as I can to answer your questions
> regarding the connection.  If your find my answer is
> incomplete please let me know and then I’ll get
> someone with more hardware background to help me
> figure out the complete answer.  
> 
> Both my keyboard and mouse are Microsoft.  They are
> connected, straight from the device to the CP, with
> a
> PS/2 connector.  I verified what a PS/2 connector
> looks like by checking some picture on the Internet
> (I’m not trying to be funny or pathetic just
> precise).
>  The connector looks round has six pins and three
> groves around the perimeter.  
> 
> >    If you get that far then you look at F2 for
> > options. There aren't
> > many listed, but the ones that are look
> reasonable.
> > Try booting with
> > 
> > linux text noprobe
> > 
> 
> I do get this far.  So I guess you are saying where
> it
> say "boot" ( on the first screen under the line with
> function key options) I should type "linux text
> noprobe".  I'll try that next.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
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Spelling error correction.

> Both my keyboard and mouse are Microsoft.  They are
> connected, straight from the device to the CP, with
> a
> PS/2 connector. 

Sorry I meant to say CPU, with a PS/2 connector


		
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