From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 12 13:11:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@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, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems 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