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<sect1 id="pre-install-bios-setup">
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<title>Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup</title>
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<sect3 arch="i386" id="usb-keyboard-config"><title>USB keyboards</title>
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If you have no AT-style keyboard and only a USB model, you will need
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to enable legacy AT keyboard emulation in your BIOS setup. Consult
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If you have no AT-style keyboard and only a USB model, you may need
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to enable legacy AT keyboard emulation in your BIOS setup. Only do this if
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the installation system fails to use your keyboard in USB mode. Consult
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your main board manual and look in the BIOS for "Legacy keyboard
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emulation" or "USB keyboard support" options. It must be enabled in
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order to boot the installation system. If you enabled this option and
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it is working for you, you are fine and can go ahead.
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If you cannot find this option, it might be that it is always enabled
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and you can continue. It also might mean that the BIOS does not
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provide any emulation support (bad luck here).
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If you find the option and enable it, but the emulation stops working
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soon after the kernel started, then you have bad luck too. You could
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try the "bf2.4" flavor where the root floppy brings USB modules. If
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you are installing with floppy disks, you would need the keyboard once
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before the USB modules can be loaded. Specifying the "keytimer" option
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at boot prompt may help in this case.
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Sometimes, the emulation hangs but it wakes up after few minutes, so
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you could wait some time and try to continue. To fix this behavior,
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you could load Linux' own drivers for USB keyboards. For this, use
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"modconf" (Step "Configure Device Driver Modules") and load usb-uhci
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emulation" or "USB keyboard support" options.