On Sunday 19 April 2009, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Please provide an improved proposed patch. > > Here it is.
Thanks. The context is now clear as well. I still feel this gives more importance to this issue than is warranted. I'd therefore like to go with the following alternative patch, which moves things to a footnote and leaves the details a bit more to the user himself. Index: boot-installer/parameters.xml =================================================================== --- boot-installer/parameters.xml (revision 58401) +++ boot-installer/parameters.xml (working copy) @@ -53,8 +53,21 @@ <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 five +terminal types: <userinput>linux</userinput>, <userinput>vt102</userinput>, +<userinput>ansi</userinput>, <userinput>bterm</userinput> +and <userinput>dumb</userinput>. The default for serial console in &d-i; +is <userinput>vt102</userinput>. +</para> + +</footnote>. + </para><para arch="sparc"> For &arch-title; the serial devices are <filename>ttya</filename> or -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
