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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