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From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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In-reply-to: J Wunsch's message of Mon, 1 Dec 1997 23:22:53 +0100
Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?)
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[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.