Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 16:00:05 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?) Message-ID: <4835.881107205@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Dec 1997 23:43:31 %2B0100." <19971202234331.13864@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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> > Why isn't it possible to run an install over a serial console? > > Because sysinstall extensively relies on syscons features (like > console switching). Really? It shouldn't, at least not in the non-VTY case. It does go to some trouble to try and figure out which it's running on - you don't think it tries to switch consoles when you run it in an xterm for example, do you? :-) Jordan
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