From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 2 14:48:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA11734 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:48:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA11718 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:48:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id XAA24673 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 23:48:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.5) id XAA15242; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 23:43:31 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19971202234331.13864@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 23:43:31 +0100 From: J Wunsch To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?) Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch References: <19971201020226.10663@vmunix.com> <19971201232253.06545@uriah.heep.sax.de> <199712021431.PAA17764@bitbox.follo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199712021431.PAA17764@bitbox.follo.net>; from Eivind Eklund on Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 03:31:21PM +0100 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Eivind Eklund wrote: > Why isn't it possible to run an install over a serial console? Because sysinstall extensively relies on syscons features (like console switching). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)