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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-04-28 16:17:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-04-28 16:17:03 +0000 |
| commit | 451c99f4c5fc9ea7b9b1648dbe04855cf190dd72 (patch) | |
| tree | 0116b773d998a81c5e0913c6e3dc4d95856cb29d /en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | |
| parent | 76a314b74bd0293040d17723e6d2900d53675d78 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-451c99f4c5fc9ea7b9b1648dbe04855cf190dd72.zip | |
Mention that TERM= can be passed as boot parameter to set the terminal type
for serial console installs. Based on a patch suggested by Samuel Thibault.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/boot-installer/parameters.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/parameters.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml index 76999bdc2..8eae5a8cb 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml @@ -53,7 +53,19 @@ to pass the <userinput>console=<replaceable>device</replaceable></userinput> argument to the kernel, where <replaceable>device</replaceable> is your serial device, which is usually something like -<filename>ttyS0</filename>. +<filename>ttyS0</filename><footnote> + +<para> +In order to ensure the terminal type used by the installer matches your +terminal emulator, the parameter +<userinput>TERM=<replaceable>type</replaceable></userinput> can be added. +Note that the installer only supports the following terminal types: +<literal>linux</literal>, <literal>bterm</literal>, <literal>ansi</literal>, +<literal>vt102</literal> and <literal>dumb</literal>. The default for +serial console in &d-i; is <userinput>vt102</userinput>. +</para> + +</footnote>. </para><para arch="sparc"> |