Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:12:39 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3beta status report Message-ID: <20010322151238.A47464@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200103222238.f2MMcxs02824@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 02:38:58PM -0800 References: <15034.32210.922514.879843@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200103222238.f2MMcxs02824@mass.dis.org>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 02:38:58PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> What was discussed before was fixing sysinstall to enable a getty on
Discussed, but no patches formed. :-)
> /dev/ttyd0 *if* the install was being done on a serial console; this is
> the only sane way to go about it.
Personally I don't find that very satisfying. With Solaris and
NetBSD/sparc, I can do a graphical install, remove the graphics hardware
(ie, keyboard) and use serial console. Everything just works. The
scheme proposed is limited.
4.3 will ship with a getty always on ttyd0.
(yes, I know there is a small security issue to this)
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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