Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:11:17 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSdb_N6NV23_CLq3MDT7swsMCmS497D0o4tMKodjKT1cdA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkT0wDyX7O0=bn1Ei-FYkDB2fhQgYCafQjLPHU8NoEXGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXjkSSsgGGEYr0K70=cv_u1doTpnkNi1k7Z15rZPfTpK2Qw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y71yopuPJxJXZsvY4b=gnfyCo=Sy68VC8au8ci1Dr72wAA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjkT0wDyX7O0=bn1Ei-FYkDB2fhQgYCafQjLPHU8NoEXGA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> wrote: > 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 > > -- 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
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