Just a warning...I just tried the F9 preview DVD (x86_64) and grub doesn't respond to a USB keyboard. You can't select a different boot option other than the default and (obviously) can't edit the boot parameters.
I haven't played with BIOS settings, but the USB keyboard works fine with F8's x86_64 DVD.
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On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 15:27 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
Just a warning...I just tried the F9 preview DVD (x86_64) and grub doesn't respond to a USB keyboard. You can't select a different boot option other than the default and (obviously) can't edit the boot parameters.
I haven't played with BIOS settings, but the USB keyboard works fine with F8's x86_64 DVD.
Just thought you should know.
It's probably a BIOS quirk. One of my Dell machines has the same problem. If it's like mine, you can hold 'Shift' during boot and you'll get a text menu instead of a graphical one, and the keyboard should work fine there.
-w