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Subject: bin/161048: bsdinstall should run a concurrent shell on another vt
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>Number:         161048
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall should run a concurrent shell on another vt
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 27 01:00:20 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ben Kaduk
>Release:        9-beta 2
>Organization:
MIT SIPB
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:
Per Brett Glass's mail to -current on 25 September 2011, it would be useful to have a shell available at any point during the installer.  Though there is an option to drop to a shell at a couple of points, there are other places where it could be useful.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


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>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: