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Presumably sysintall will work fine over a serial console ... there may be
some assumptions on the install floppy as it exists today, though.  Of
course this is all hearsay, I haven't tried it.  So maybe I ought shut up
:-)  

Just curious,

Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>

On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Eivind Eklund wrote:

> [Jacques Vidrine]
> > > How does this work on a serial console?  Is it currently possible to
> > > install FreeBSD with only a serial console anyway (I haven't tried)?
> 
> 
> [Jörg Wunsch]
> > Unfortunately not.  I'd really like to see this feature in the next
> > generation installer.  I haven't looked at TurboVision yet, but i hope
> > it has more of the potential that's required to do this.
> 
> Why isn't it possible to run an install over a serial console?  I'm
> running a similar application written using libdialog over a serial
> console all the time.  I haven't tested with the install floppies, but
> can't see any important differences between the systems.
> 
> I'm using a hacked 'tip' (allowing 8-bit characters but breaking a lot
> of other things) on a FreeBSD console in the other end.
> 
> Eivind.
>