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Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system
From: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl>
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> 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

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