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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