Bug 27216

Summary: sysinstall(8): can not get to shell prompt from serial console install.
Product: Base System Reporter: User Dannyman <dannyman>
Component: binAssignee: freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody) <sysinstall>
Status: Closed Overcome By Events    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 3.4-RELEASE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description User Dannyman 2001-05-08 23:20:00 UTC 
When installing through a serial console, it is impossible to get a root prompt without adding a user to group wheel who can su.

Fix: 

Two possibilities:
1) Make fixit shell launch a shell directly, or provide some way to get to "emergency holographic shell" besides pressing alt-F4, which closes Tera Term. :)
2) Turn on the serial console the system installs through in /etc/ttys.

Thanks,
-danny
How-To-Repeat: 
Hook up a null modem with Tera Term and install FreeBSD on a box.
Comment 1 Doug Barton freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-05-23 22:19:07 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh


Sysinstall issue
Comment 2 jkh freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-08-31 01:05:32 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: jkh->eric

Why does a dog lick himself?
Comment 3 Eric Melville freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-10-01 20:04:30 UTC 
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From-To: eric->freebsd-qa

assign idle sysinstall bugs to freebsd-qa, as suggested by murray
Comment 4 Johan Karlsson freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2002-08-25 03:42:19 UTC 
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From-To: freebsd-qa->qa

Use short names for mailing list to make searches    
using the web query form work with the shown responsible. 

This also makes open PRs show up in the summery mail.
Comment 5 randi freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2009-06-06 20:47:37 UTC 
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From-To: freebsd-bugs->randi

Taking this.
Comment 6 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2013-06-29 06:52:04 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: randi->freebsd-sysinstall

back to mailing list.
Comment 7 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:08:15 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.
Comment 8 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:12:06 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.