Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:49:07 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Initial installation console Message-ID: <17861.969482947@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> of "Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:39:20 EDT." <5.0.0.25.2.20000920153739.02040eb0@64.20.73.233>
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> Can the configuration for bootup and initial installation be configured to > detect (and configure) a serial console. This would be very useful for The current installation "detects" serial console situations if you have a BIOS capable of properly instructing the loader about this or if you explicitly boot with -P at the first-stage loader. After that, sysinstall should properly fail to open /dev/ttyv0 and trundle on using the serial console instead of a graphics card. My question is simply what you mean by "configure" in this context. You want it to write an /etc/ttys entry out for a specific serial device? I suppose we could also just turn the console entry on as a wimp-out in such scenarios and get away with it. That's assuming, of course, I am clear on what you mean. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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