Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 04:00:19 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc64 Fbsd5.0 Message-ID: <20030126120018.GB20541@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030126111202.GC57904@nathan.ruhr.de> References: <368D67626F94DC42890180F75B1E97C799949D@newman.bisinc.net> <20030124205352.GI30015@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030125100448.GA57904@nathan.ruhr.de> <20030125111640.GA12608@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030126111202.GC57904@nathan.ruhr.de>
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--GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 12:12:03PM +0100, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 03:16:40AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:04:48AM +0100, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > >=20 > > > + <bridgehead renderas=3D"sect3">SPARC Installation</bridgehead> > > > + > > > + <para>Install &os; on an UltraSPARC system can only be done via a > > > + serial console, it is not possible to use the keyboard > > > + console.</para> > >=20 > > It is possible, just not very pretty. >=20 > Are you talking about the grammar (which is poor, I was half asleep at the > time) or the fact that we have to document this problem? >=20 > We are getting numerous complaints/questions about this one on -sparc, > that's why I proposed this addition. Your patch states "it is not possible to use the keyboard console [to install FreeBSD]". This is untrue: it is possible, but the display is not drawn properly and keyboard navigation is unintuitive (you have to use emacs navigation keys or the menu hotkeys). It is _recommended_ that you install via a serial console instead, but if you know what you're doing you can struggle through. Kris --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+M83SWry0BWjoQKURAvGFAKCJ08FNLzhfUbZu/gxTzEoqfUbkVACcD/N8 9M8rQAnQDldGjLIMTp2yQdQ= =6cjj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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