Thanks again guys -- It "says" it will see the
USB, but I tried the PS2 anyway - no help.
As for the rest of it, I messed around with it, but it's "above my
pay grade".... Will let him either go buy XP again (he tossed
his orig CD's), or give him the option of Ubuntu solo....he has a hard
time with the mouse (handicap), and is extremely short on patience, so I
think rather than have him have a bad experience with Linux, I'll let him
do the Windows.......again...<G>
I appreciate all your quick response....lyle
At 01:25 PM 8/15/2009, you wrote:
Michael Butash wrote:
> Ubuntu will actually use /boot/grub/menu.lst for the os lists and
order
> preferences. When done reordering, just do "sudo
update-grub" and
> reboot.
No need to update grub after modifying menu.lst.
Lilo requires that, but not grub.
> I agree with the others, try legacy bios emulation in the bios, or
make
> sure it even supports usb devices in the bios to begin with,
otherwise
> just use a temp ps2.
I agree as well. They make adapters that let you plug a USB KB into the
PS2 mouse port (so you don't need a different KB).
> -mb
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 11:00 -0700, Jason Spatafore wrote:
>> Again, you need to find a way to get into BIOS to load USB
keyboard
>> support. Find an old PS/2 keyboard, plug it in, and change the
BIOS
>> settings for it.
>>
>> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 10:50 -0700, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
>>> thanks guys -- OK, the keyboard works "after"
Ubuntu loads up - can I
>>> then assume that it not the problem? The machine is
not in front of
>>> me...
>>>
>>> Searching the forums, I don't find much, BUT, looks like I
could hit
>>> "e" and edit - changing the boot options so that
XP is first??
>>>
>>> Would that work?
>>>
>>> At 10:42 AM 8/15/2009, you wrote:
>>>> Is your keyboard working at all prior to the menu being
displayed?
>>>> This
>>>> could be a situation where you're using a USB keyboard
but the
>>>> keyboard
>>>> won't work before the OS loads. If so, you will need to
check your
>>>> BIOS
>>>> settings for a "USB Keyboard Support" option
and then enable it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2009-08-15 at 10:26 -0700, Lyle Tuttle
wrote:
>>>>> OK, I have a system that had XP on it; I loaded
Ubuntu on it in
>>>> the
>>>>> dual-boot method, and now, when I boot the system, I
can't move
>>>> the
>>>>> selection to start it in XP...it is set on Ubuntu,
and that's
>>>> it......
>>>>> What am I missing? I just can't move that
selection highlited bar
>>>> to XP.......
>>>>> lyle
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