From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 11:06:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38632B03 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1732B2152 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r7CB6rLt085195 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:53 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r7CB6rWu085193 for freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:53 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:53 GMT Message-Id: <201308121106.r7CB6rWu085193@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:06:54 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o bin/175730 sysinstall Segfault in bsdinstall(8) when no disks are present o bin/174475 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should remember user input o bin/174473 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): cannot handle some or all partitions ot o bin/174472 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) partition editor is annoying to use when o bin/174471 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): does not newfs and cannot mount any non o bin/174470 sysinstall sysinstall(8): should be fixed to work with bsdinstall o bin/173301 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): default to SU instead of SU+J o bin/172905 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): Old mirroselect file in bdsinstall o bin/172847 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): missing boot loader location selection o bin/172846 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) - setting hostname o bin/171113 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD 9.1-beta1 installer refuses to o misc/170821 sysinstall sysinstall(1): unexpected directory name in 8,3-RELEAS o kern/170707 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) Partition editor (modify) option does no f bin/170264 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) into jail doesn't find FTP distribution o bin/169750 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): cannot run more than once with DHCP/SLA o bin/169748 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): when distfile fetch is complete o bin/168582 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): Select 'server' or 'desktop' o bin/168314 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0 install "live CD" option can't crea o bin/168269 sysinstall comments on bsdinstall(8) o bin/168188 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) partitioner segmentation fault o bin/167222 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 8.3 corrupting MBR partition ta o kern/166801 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install is apparently not writi o bin/166241 sysinstall [patch] Speedup and some improvements of sysinstall(8) o bin/165600 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 8.3 installation DVD asking for non exi s bin/164752 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): No option of ZFS in FreeBSD 9 o bin/164399 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0 installer failures o bin/164294 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE bsdinstall dvd does o bin/164291 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): bsdinstall and filestetyem selection / o bin/164284 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install assign incorrect dev as o bin/164281 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer op o bin/164267 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) bugs when RE-installing to GPT partition o bin/164097 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): always installs GPT f bin/164094 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): installer progress over 100% o bin/163943 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) fails to detect CD device when booting w o bin/163123 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): IPV6 only errors connecting o bin/162605 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't identify CD/DVD drives for the u o bin/162429 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.x installer: selecting ZFS for the ro o bin/162428 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should check available disk space from o bin/162364 sysinstall sysinstall(8): update sysinstall ftp mirror list for c o bin/162258 sysinstall sysinstall(8): long-time bugs o bin/162175 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): add keymap selection loop and t o bin/161929 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (change partition editor screen default o bin/161928 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (add option to enable 2 button mouse co o bin/161924 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove inst o bin/161923 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) games & ports install options o kern/161837 sysinstall [libdisk] [patch] sysinstall(8) has a 32 disk limit o bin/161720 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partition editor does not put partition o bin/161547 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8) should identify wireless network f bin/161113 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: overwrites Win*-bootcodes wi o bin/161101 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: partition editor: UFS-option o bin/161100 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: Add User but no Add Group o bin/161056 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could allow full control over newfs arg o bin/161055 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should auto-populate GPT la f bin/161054 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should list valid "type"s o bin/161053 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): network setup dialog is hard to navigat o bin/161052 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should be consistent about saving confi o bin/161050 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should use new syntax for IPv4 in rc.co o bin/161049 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could try to tell if SSDs support TRIM o bin/161047 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): should not run on vt0 o bin/157635 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "none" Do not install a boot manager - o conf/157189 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be remo o bin/157117 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Add ftp4.se.freebsd.org to list of IPv6 o bin/154788 sysinstall sysinstall(8) crashes if no network interface found o bin/154613 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not rescan USB automatically o bin/150995 sysinstall sysinstall(8): corruption of partition table s bin/150237 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Suggestion: installer should suggest th o bin/148805 sysinstall [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install a f bin/148220 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 9.0-current gets "Cannot resolv hostnam o bin/148201 sysinstall sysinstall(8): core dump (Error 10) while trying to in o bin/148053 sysinstall sysinstall(8) labeling o bin/146299 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot create slice o bin/145735 sysinstall sysinstall(8) trashes Vista-created partition tables o bin/145027 sysinstall Remove all sysinstall(8) references to floppy and slip o bin/142867 sysinstall sysinstall(8): in a custom installation re-entering th o misc/142335 sysinstall Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD p o bin/140972 sysinstall sysintall(8): 8.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick Fixit broken - o bin/140843 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot software install from usb o bin/140842 sysinstall sysinstall(8): destroyed ncurses interface with FBSD8. o bin/140595 sysinstall [request] sysinstall(8): Replace "Country Selection" w o bin/139181 sysinstall WITHOUT_LEGACY_CONSOLE=1 breaks sysinstall(8) o bin/138423 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer (and sade) get wrong number o o bin/138025 sysinstall sysinstall(8) fails to create big partition o bin/137864 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8): add possibility to shutdown/pow o bin/137713 sysinstall sysinstall(8): installer partition editor generates in o bin/135317 sysinstall install.cfg feature request o bin/134425 sysinstall sysinstall(8) custom distributions select all and dese o bin/132114 sysinstall [patch] add new 'docs' virtual category to sysinstall o bin/130655 sysinstall sysinstall(8): no IPV4 if answer "no" when "Do you wan o bin/129762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boar o bin/126819 sysinstall sysinstall(8) During install if initial name look-up f s bin/123304 sysinstall sysinstall(8): missing sensible and user friendly prog o bin/121503 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 7.0 upgrade doesn't let me mount all of a bin/121124 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 6.3 installation deletes MBR pa o bin/119077 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) - reading packages from index is o bin/118449 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer failing dns lookups o kern/118021 sysinstall [keyboard] 7.0 Beta 2 sysinstall keyboard emits contro o bin/113682 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) warns for invalid geometry which o bin/112757 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8): in the FDISK tool we can o bin/110151 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) don't respects install ro o bin/108191 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Disklabel editor help text (by F1 key) o bin/107830 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Change Units (Z) in fdisk doesn't work o bin/102498 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cursor doesn't track sysinstall hilight a bin/101762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not obey /usr/ports symlink while i o bin/97108 sysinstall sysinstall(8): write failure on transfer (wrote -1 byt o bin/93275 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Failure to install after restarting ins o bin/90656 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 6.0-RELEASE (i386) cannot be installed o bin/88826 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall infinity wait for da0 s bin/86859 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer should ask about Linux earlie o bin/86665 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall binary upgrade clobbers name o bin/86454 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall terminates with signal 10 if o bin/80117 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] smbfs install option for sysins o bin/79910 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cannot escape from failed port/package o bin/79840 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Partitioning and formating a new disk f o bin/79621 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) does not create a device o bin/78964 sysinstall sysinstall(8): can not write labels to hdd on installa o bin/77001 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall binary upgrade clobbers /etc s bin/73617 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk editor unmarks active partition o bin/73410 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall could not allocate disklabel o bin/72895 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall generates invalid partition o bin/70002 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fails to locate FTP dirs if the OS has o bin/69986 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] no job control in fixit shell o o bin/69942 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall changes /etc/rc.conf after i o bin/69723 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] allow to continue from packag o bin/65774 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot run repair disk when booted from o bin/62702 sysinstall sysinstall(8): backup of /etc and /root during sysinst o bin/62367 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 5.2.1-RC installation problems o bin/61890 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk(8) uses incorrect calculations fo o bin/61603 sysinstall sysinstall(8): wrong geometry guessed o bin/60632 sysinstall sysinstall(8): UI bug in partition label screen in sys o bin/53341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] dump frequency in sysinstall is o bin/53131 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "ALL" could not turn check BOXes ON at o bin/48989 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall's partition editor gets con s bin/48341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): changes the active slice flag when it p o bin/46905 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 5.x cannot be installed from mu o bin/46235 sysinstall sysinstall(8): NTP servers for Finland require updatin o bin/45608 sysinstall sysinstall(8): install should config all ether devices o bin/44915 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 'choose installation media' choose CD-R o bin/42162 sysinstall sysinstall(8): after restart, installation crashes, md o bin/42022 sysinstall sysinstall(8): non-interactive mode prompts when only o bin/41949 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.conf during ne o bin/41850 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall fails to create root filesys o bin/40260 sysinstall sysinstall(8): hang when detecting devices (No CD/DVD s conf/39580 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] more secure mount options o bin/38854 sysinstall sysinstall(8): resetting during setup causes the targe o bin/38610 sysinstall sysinstall(8): should be able to mount ISO images on D o bin/38478 sysinstall sysinstall(8): In Choose Distributions screen, it's di o bin/38057 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "install" document doesn't display corr o bin/38056 sysinstall sysinstall(8): User (creation)'s "Member groups" item o bin/38055 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Groups (creation) item should be before o bin/37710 sysinstall sysinstall(8): LAN interface in wrong state after atte o kern/36916 sysinstall [libdisk] [patch] DOS active partition flag lost in li o bin/35400 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall could improve manipulation o a bin/32375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall doesn't respect User generat o bin/31363 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "partition editor" silently corrects pa a bin/30737 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall leaks file descriptors on re o bin/30517 sysinstall sysinstall(8): using sysinstall with install.cfg has n o bin/29375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): disk editor gets confused by slices tha o bin/27216 sysinstall sysinstall(8): can not get to shell prompt from serial a bin/23402 sysinstall sysinstall(8): upgrade ought to check partition sizes o bin/20282 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall does not recover some /etc f o bin/16948 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall/disklabel: bad partition tab o bin/15038 sysinstall sysinstall(8): easy to not notice that selection lists o bin/14318 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall upon install has some counte o bin/8867 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] /stand/sysinstall core dumps (s s bin/7232 sysinstall sysinstall(8): suggestion for FreeBSD installation dia 165 problems total. From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 12:34:08 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66262ECD; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:34:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek.cedro@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-x22d.google.com (mail-qa0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 075B929D9; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id l18so971640qak.11 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:34:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=BldTW6L/GZ0xQXogqhnhXQpJSrLV38cgM+PkUXWA/BQ=; b=xwYhAmYwZoco+yyCLHc0Xy9l0onNmiEfsdfP9mVkrCKArda8qiD1jAUE6vfkqh47qG 9zlFJAprA/2zVwc5GiGOJhgk0cs9iVTv97Az3ijsl5iJQc9mPcflszbT+py2GOfDIjZJ 9z9uHKPSgldgfgxcxxXfEEnopQ5WboJIbgNlOY5aBAOT7WXjOYj79UuGCCyLEZUrfbTe KkXHFuwXqC2DrfMPQIUhyBXJKBoSfiDWnyj8nfBwsMI680dxW2vu0WX+Kup3rWEIpTin SxVDTLkCLaojleyzeotsT6CmI45x5qYHvTsQRam6RIAIbu+CWVlN1O79A5jnbi7pL/Kc PhGg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.93.19 with SMTP id t19mr24294914qam.32.1376310847172; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Sender: tomek.cedro@gmail.com Received: by 10.49.70.225 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:34:07 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: IZwsWNn6OwITa4H1hzKsvpE4o38 Message-ID: Subject: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system From: CeDeROM To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:34:08 -0000 Hello :-) With my friend Jacek we have tried to perform PXE installation of FreeBSD 9 on an i386 embedded system for one project. This required adding "-h" or "comconsole" to the /boot/loader.conf so the input-output is done with serial console port, not video console. However, after installation, on this embedded system with no video console, system seems to be configured to use videoconsole by default... Is it possible to add this nice feature to the new installer that would recognise if installation is done with serial-port-console and then setup the installed system to work with serial-port-console by default not the videoconsole? We could try it out on 9.2-RC2 if possible :-) Best regards! :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 12:57:05 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72F1638 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f54.google.com (mail-oa0-f54.google.com [209.85.219.54]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B39C62B3B for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id o6so7736482oag.13 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:56:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=cQoK3XZjCVpsK2F0mckcuBGSmiawaPNZ5eTs6NRCMsU=; b=GgwFoGBU7BNGyiQHJlUxznS2g9+VM7C7WE73oL/BJDMUne80ZAeaqRmU4zCgiTcUX4 5ySX1BYKvmCfRVEcwq6LbnfWZmVm0CJHhY1gwYsCtt99zeZ/MzQKp9Bq/yEBD9hqsyw5 dJBS6Z9VrIjRKjaE5cuV7vcPAgLQGU3JUqXmA95ZAZ4/zlcBFFlNXmeJBLDgxgCIUJ7L LUEcwPLV8k91KOGfSitKxzCkVCJhbPIgFVHDSSl+ZUVu7KDZhYPlpzEajQdwBYlVqWKS mZjAbEzEZHY47CyOaEEykeaLbisOLChtP9YLWqrTICzBLdv21NmlLSRjcA1B/JOzb/5+ YJfA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnZ8WH5hHA/GEk8pB6/M0U0CkyCKq61f1L31oMMFF3JLXhu2Ceufygmk3kMMlN0qGrQZHuf MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.204.72 with SMTP id kw8mr1423653obc.54.1376312217932; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:56:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.21.69 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 05:56:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:56:57 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system From: Michael Sierchio To: CeDeROM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:57:05 -0000 You need to change /etc/ttys to turn off the virtual consoles and turn on a serial terminal. E.g., ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure # Serial terminals # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure ttyu1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyu2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyu3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure # Dumb console dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:34 AM, CeDeROM wrote: > Hello :-) > > With my friend Jacek we have tried to perform PXE installation of > FreeBSD 9 on an i386 embedded system for one project. This required > adding "-h" or "comconsole" to the /boot/loader.conf so the > input-output is done with serial console port, not video console. > However, after installation, on this embedded system with no video > console, system seems to be configured to use videoconsole by > default... > > Is it possible to add this nice feature to the new installer that > would recognise if installation is done with serial-port-console and > then setup the installed system to work with serial-port-console by > default not the videoconsole? We could try it out on 9.2-RC2 if > possible :-) > > Best regards! :-) > Tomek > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 13:00:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E811E79A; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:00:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek.cedro@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-x230.google.com (mail-qa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8852B2B99; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id o19so980134qap.7 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+6glWz1qo6besg4FZS9v9BhoKI/Ir3Ua+W5Mq0jWPos=; b=YAOhTs2zAatqGkhW6EKe55tEbLSvxiQyOYQtafoD3XeaaErCck8aa2fL3bvHSyi54N tI8KUdivvseayAn5gMCAZp0/2bQdQqSvhJBo2Sa541ti46lMJgrKWzWBKGjEXwFacF8M GWTYy3hXLtO6vwHXN9QLUhKopNqzMp5xaq5myMoJWW3mpUrVCAMpFkiIoSGEKWcDrrfx BCu8I7ZXGgUA9Qiw50DF0gbOJOk0d3oY0tKFbQEYz0yOUbqrKZL+cFAzax3O8vrWPflx IDo1sYaWXQv4XCT0j/tu8UhBogdJ8Oq7BbL4NelFcpfbYF91Mjio9giuOIMUnZe3HrEH ylXg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.11.136 with SMTP id t8mr24275267qat.65.1376312430204; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: tomek.cedro@gmail.com Received: by 10.49.70.225 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:00:30 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: HSsBnbuxdlIRoSTe2-aTSuSi8OQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system From: CeDeROM To: Michael Sierchio Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:00:32 -0000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > You need to change /etc/ttys to turn off the virtual consoles and turn > on a serial terminal. > (..) Thank you Michael for the hint! Do you think it would be sensible to put that functionality into a new installer to detect this kind of configuration and apply it over fresh system during install (just as it detects and verifies some partitioning formats)? Best regards! :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 13:11:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42850B77; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:11:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kpaasial@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-x234.google.com (mail-qc0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::234]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D49592C68; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:11:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id j10so3382572qcx.11 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:11:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6+PtK++NRTaGo+wdSwD7zFAeGFHrk+Lf0rIAwSdveMA=; b=gyNesdyuK8h9vJBpPNyJ+Z4p34JayrnfT1oN+9fWJleM8Z66MaAyQLQhMKGpZWG7I/ /5KkdNHBErG/Y5Ajce9bsxF5C5sxuagLmpJ7+XwDmcORHGq19oq0OuDv0IHkY8nXxxC3 0iPAuow8sjSXkWKh6J+Stj9e4wMIYIrQdzxjKmB9J2uZaVEyB+bAqxp/PjUrbjEssd6h vrVCSVhPAoMxqkEDG5rwItTdTIcruwdbzRyYFu9c2HS9HKSpa2Q6MfQrJKngBIT3Y0aA q6ih0jg3lrqM1l8Wgq+uWk+57g4H/trDRGOZhDjfOaIgdJm6cMs1njEzPvwDZps8ACLO j7HQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.67.8 with SMTP id p8mr24450058qai.5.1376313077956; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.5.195 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:11:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:11:17 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system From: Kimmo Paasiala To: CeDeROM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Michael Sierchio , freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:11:19 -0000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, CeDeROM wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: >> You need to change /etc/ttys to turn off the virtual consoles and turn >> on a serial terminal. >> (..) > > Thank you Michael for the hint! Do you think it would be sensible to > put that functionality into a new installer to detect this kind of > configuration and apply it over fresh system during install (just as > it detects and verifies some partitioning formats)? > > Best regards! :-) > Tomek > > -- You can easily detect that the system has a COM port. However, it is very hard to detect that there is a working terminal attached to the port. -Kimmo From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 13:25:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3FBE2F6; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:25:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomek.cedro@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-x235.google.com (mail-qa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 422572D74; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:25:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id hu14so1006225qab.12 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:25:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=SZllKm5uMtz4nMbsgIdUMOwEdr5G2rTKEPbiBwA7mhg=; b=iWXyX2iNnJSxJqOllyATH/uaArv9bjc0996+F7B6q1/4rtHYvpoI3HR3hgIU2SYOx7 vjZyRoGIphbAdlh9rji1pmvkh2Wjtnmw3iahuNdGoHJtTjhePoq/aQfDwGgPhygt9Erz USXvdmg2KkWe3lvXy0b4tV31L49yFGoFdSAG938lMTMU5MMScZdwB/QZAcpJ5Wdn14V+ +aHecDTNUO4pKx3BqUUJl19n+be6nwEkxhClBT/F54pRtOBCo5vLQowR0lt80rhyucwb wU6ESB/8YIzq/BrMZjKEcTYH7cZJIswN9Z9EtY+S1eAexjsFrHn/Yaj2vp3L0dU9JZrn hfOg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.138.8 with SMTP id y8mr24838168qat.27.1376313943390; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:25:43 -0700 (PDT) Sender: tomek.cedro@gmail.com Received: by 10.49.70.225 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 06:25:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:25:43 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: gDjlsB3PAbycpX3QlyMMe35WytA Message-ID: Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system From: CeDeROM To: Kimmo Paasiala Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Michael Sierchio , freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:25:44 -0000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > You can easily detect that the system has a COM port. However, it is > very hard to detect that there is a working terminal attached to the > port. > -Kimmo Hey Kimmo :-) Wouldn't "who" or "w" show that what terminal is user/installer running on? :-P Sorry I don't have that device for testing at hand, but try to verify that with some older hardware :-) Best regards! :-) Tomek -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 13:53:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABAECE2; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 320B42F95; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa06.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r7CDrHwM002146 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:53:17 -0500 Received: from LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com ([169.254.1.135]) by LTCFISWMSGHT03.FNFIS.com ([10.132.206.31]) with mapi id 14.02.0309.002; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:53:15 -0500 From: "Teske, Devin" To: Michael Sierchio Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system Thread-Topic: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system Thread-Index: AQHOl1hFZpi0NkgvikWRgwY4FEZv0pmR2/uAgAAPu4A= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:53:15 +0000 Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7202011A07@ltcfiswmsgmb21> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.132.253.126] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <6083EE1D6B002F47906DD74073D92626@fisglobal.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-08-12_03:2013-08-12,2013-08-12,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Devin Teske , "freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org" , freebsd-stable stable , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" , CeDeROM X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:53:19 -0000 sysinstall had the ability to allow you to muck with /etc/ttys before reboo= ting to your installed OS. This functionality is coming back slowly. In 9.2-R you will be able to (somehow) bow out of the installation process = after it's complete (e.g., "Ctrl-C" ??) and then run bsdconfig -- invoking = the "TTYs" module, giving you a chance to change the settings before you re= boot from your newly installed system. Tighter Integration will follow in the years to come... but replacing a too= l that had a 15-year run which did _all_ of this stuff, is/was not an overn= ight project. Rather, it's a journey! --=20 Devin On Aug 12, 2013, at 5:56 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > You need to change /etc/ttys to turn off the virtual consoles and turn > on a serial terminal. > E.g., >=20 > ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > # Virtual terminals > ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure > ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure > # Serial terminals > # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. > ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure > ttyu1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > ttyu2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > ttyu3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure > # Dumb console > dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure >=20 > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:34 AM, CeDeROM wrote: >> Hello :-) >>=20 >> With my friend Jacek we have tried to perform PXE installation of >> FreeBSD 9 on an i386 embedded system for one project. This required >> adding "-h" or "comconsole" to the /boot/loader.conf so the >> input-output is done with serial console port, not video console. >> However, after installation, on this embedded system with no video >> console, system seems to be configured to use videoconsole by >> default... >>=20 >> Is it possible to add this nice feature to the new installer that >> would recognise if installation is done with serial-port-console and >> then setup the installed system to work with serial-port-console by >> default not the videoconsole? We could try it out on 9.2-RC2 if >> possible :-) >>=20 >> Best regards! :-) >> Tomek >>=20 >> -- >> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. 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From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 14:15:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B36D284 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (wmauth3.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.226]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31E442143 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:15:06 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) id <0MRF007007JYQH00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:14:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-3, Version=6.0.3.2322014, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.2107409, Antispam-Data: 2013.8.12.140332, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=0.0.0.0 X-Spam-Score-Internal: ******* Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (i66.cc7221225.sbw.us [72.21.225.66]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.01(7.0.4.27.0) 64bit (built Aug 30 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MRF005JU8WXNK10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:14:58 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <5208EDE2.6050400@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:14:58 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130811 Thunderbird/17.0.8 To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system References: In-reply-to: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:15:06 -0000 On 08/12/13 08:25, CeDeROM wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: >> You can easily detect that the system has a COM port. However, it is >> very hard to detect that there is a working terminal attached to the >> port. >> -Kimmo > Hey Kimmo :-) Wouldn't "who" or "w" show that what terminal is > user/installer running on? :-P Sorry I don't have that device for > testing at hand, but try to verify that with some older hardware :-) > > Best regards! :-) > Tomek > The tricky part is that this is very platform dependent and we have chosen to make the default be "off" on x86 for serial consoles. At the end of the install process, you are given an option to edit the files on the new system, of course, but we may also want to revisit these defaults (serial consoles are on by default on most other architectures). -Nathan From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 17:06:27 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BCCEDD5; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: from mail.ambrisko.com (mail.ambrisko.com [70.91.206.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CB292D2F; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:06:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Ambrisko-Me: Yes Received: from server2.ambrisko.com (HELO internal.ambrisko.com) ([192.168.1.2]) by ironport.ambrisko.com with ESMTP; 12 Aug 2013 10:09:46 -0700 Received: from ambrisko.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by internal.ambrisko.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r7CH6KeC097350; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: (from ambrisko@localhost) by ambrisko.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id r7CH6KH6097348; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:06:20 -0700 From: Doug Ambrisko To: Devin Teske Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system Message-ID: <20130812170620.GA79998@ambrisko.com> References: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7202011A07@ltcfiswmsgmb21> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7202011A07@ltcfiswmsgmb21> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-stable stable , CeDeROM , Michael Sierchio , "freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:06:27 -0000 On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 01:53:15PM +0000, Teske, Devin wrote: | sysinstall had the ability to allow you to muck with /etc/ttys before | rebooting to your installed OS. | | This functionality is coming back slowly. | | In 9.2-R you will be able to (somehow) bow out of the installation process | after it's complete (e.g., "Ctrl-C" ??) and then run bsdconfig -- invoking | the "TTYs" module, giving you a chance to change the settings before you | reboot from your newly installed system. | | Tighter Integration will follow in the years to come... but replacing a | tool that had a 15-year run which did _all_ of this stuff, is/was not an | overnight project. Rather, it's a journey! I also had made changes to sysinstall that if it detected a boot with -h then it did the /etc/tty etc. changes automatically to the installed system. It would be good to see this come back. I'm not sure if Robert's official changes did that. It's fairly easy to check what the console device is and then do the right thing. Thanks, Doug A.