[opensuse] How to install on box with no PS2 keyboard port??



I have a Dell Optiplex 521at my new job and it has no PS2 connectors,
its USB only. I have the latest BIOS available for it - A011. The BIOS
has no "Enable Legacy USB Support" option.

When I boot from the 10.3 install media, the keyboard works during the
BIOS phase, but the second the initial install window is displayed the
keyboard is not functional. The default option is to boot from hard
disk. I have no way of selecting Install. I have tried using a PS2
keyboard with a couple different PS2 to USB adaptors just for the hell
of it and nada. I also tried using the miniboot image for a network
install and it has the same problem. The only distro I could find that
had Install as the default choice and thus I could get to Install is
Ubuntu, which I can't live with.

Anyone know any tricks for getting around this problem?

Thanks,.
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