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To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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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