Thanks for letting us know how you got it working. Sorry I couldn't
remember the terminology (USB Legacy option) you needed to look for in the
BIOS options. If you can use the keyboard in the BIOS during bootup, then
DOS will see it as a normal keyboard with the USB Legacy option turned on.
-Paul Randall
"ilver belletti" <ilverbelletti@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have enabled an USB Legacy option in the BIOS, and now I can use the
> keyboard, thank at alls for your interest.
> Best Regards
> Ilver Belletti
>
> "Paul Randall" wrote:
> Quote:
>>
>> "ilver belletti" <ilverbelletti@xxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news
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>> >I have created a boot floppy disk. If I start the computer from the boot
>> > floppy disk my usb keyboard doesn' t run. What can I do ? Why does it
>> > happen ?
>> > Best Regards
>> > Ilver Belletti
>>
>> USB support in Windows started with W98SE, I think. In addition to using
>> the USB ports and protocol which W98SE provided, you had to load separate
>> drivers for each particular type or brand of USB device, such as
>> keyboard,
>> mouse, thumbdrive, etc. Some modern BIOSs provide this capability and
>> others don't. My 2002 Sony laptop will even let me boot from a USB
>> floppy
>> drive! You can find out whether your system BIOS can communicate with
>> the
>> USB keyboard by attempting to get into BIOS setup during the bootup
>> process.
>> If you can do that then there may be a place in the BIOS setup to give
>> DOS
>> access to the keyboard. Once that is turned on, the keyboard should work
>> in
>> DOS.
>>
>> My personal preference is to use the USB to PS2 adapters included with my
>> keyboard and use the PS2 ports on the computer. This has worked for me
>> with
>> both old and newer computers.
>>
>> -Paul Randall
>>
>>
>>