Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:56:57 -0400 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer on serial-console-only-embedded system Message-ID: <CAHu1Y71yopuPJxJXZsvY4b=gnfyCo=Sy68VC8au8ci1Dr72wAA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjkSSsgGGEYr0K70=cv_u1doTpnkNi1k7Z15rZPfTpK2Qw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFYkXjkSSsgGGEYr0K70=cv_u1doTpnkNi1k7Z15rZPfTpK2Qw@mail.gmail.com>
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You need to change /etc/ttys to turn off the virtual consoles and turn on a serial terminal. E.g., ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure # Virtual terminals ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv4 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv5 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv6 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv7 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm off secure ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure # Serial terminals # The 'dialup' keyword identifies dialin lines to login, fingerd etc. ttyu0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup on secure ttyu1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyu2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure ttyu3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure # Dumb console dcons "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 off secure On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:34 AM, CeDeROM <cederom@tlen.pl> wrote: > Hello :-) > > With my friend Jacek we have tried to perform PXE installation of > FreeBSD 9 on an i386 embedded system for one project. This required > adding "-h" or "comconsole" to the /boot/loader.conf so the > input-output is done with serial console port, not video console. > However, after installation, on this embedded system with no video > console, system seems to be configured to use videoconsole by > default... > > Is it possible to add this nice feature to the new installer that > would recognise if installation is done with serial-port-console and > then setup the installed system to work with serial-port-console by > default not the videoconsole? We could try it out on 9.2-RC2 if > possible :-) > > Best regards! :-) > Tomek > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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