[ubuntu-za] No PS2 keyboard

[Bill Cairns]

This is not really an Ubuntu question but the problem came up when I tried
to use a live Ubuntu CD.

I have a brand new Mecer PC with a Johannesburger motherboard - no PS2
ports. It runs like a dream and even manages to make Vista look quite
speedy. The trouble is that it will not boot off the CD or a flash drive for
that matter. Obviously the boot sequecnce has the hard drive first. So I
need to get into BIOS to change the boot sequence. Except I can't change get
into BIOS because I have a USB keyboard and my frantic pushing of F2 yields
no result. Perhaps "Legacy USB Support" is not enables. Well, if I could get
into BIOS, I could enable it ...

Helpful howtos such as
http://www.intel.com/support/peripherals/sb/cs-011939.htm from Intel
themselves suggest that the best thing is to use a PS2 keyboard to get into
BIOS and enable Legacy USB support. Good suggestion - except I don't have a
PS2 port ...

I found the comment on another site: "I am using a USB keyboard, so I had to
go into the guts of the PC and change the jumpers. I'd never have thought
that was the problem."
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070528083816AAVFs4K

Any ideas?

Bill
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