From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 22 23:42:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF3251065694 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dalescott@shaw.ca) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDF188FC0A for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:42:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd5mr2no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.213]) by pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 22 Jan 2010 16:42:11 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=_vsugkQ11QcNSJI-yigA:9 a=Dg2AeodFye3PSjNRFXk-dARo4KAA:4 a=RtrFXEYFXVFUBCmCwxgA:9 a=RH9mT7z9-4fmFUUCdhWjeFxI1ZIA:4 Received: from unknown (HELO pd6ms3no.prod.shaw.ca) ([10.0.153.22]) by pd5mr2no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 22 Jan 2010 16:42:04 -0700 Received: from shaw.ca (pd6ms3no-con [10.0.145.194]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0KWO004HW9U4D500@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:42:04 -0700 (MST) Received: from [10.0.144.233] (Forwarded-For: [10.0.146.233]) by pd6ims2.prod.shaw.ca (mshttpd); Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:42:04 -0700 Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:42:04 -0700 From: Dale Scott In-reply-to: <201001222210.o0MMAFfn002795@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: Martin McCormick Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006) Content-language: en X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal References: <201001222210.o0MMAFfn002795@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall and the Right Terminal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:42:12 -0000 > If one logs in to a FreeBSD system from a Linux > platform, the terminal type is set to linux which is compatible > with a vt100. As soon as I run sysinstall, things go to the dogs > very fast. It is as if there was no terminal emulation in effect I don't have a solution but can report I regularily login to my fbsd 7 and 8 boxes from an Ubuntu laptop using ssh in Terminal and run sysinstall. I've never encountered this problem though. -- Dale Scott Calgary, AB, Canada