freebsd stable - Jan 2005 - Sparc64 Install 5.3

Hi all

Is it possible to install 5.3 on a sparc64 (Ultra 5) without using 
serial console, I seem to get garbled consoles when I try to install via 
normal screen and keyboard?

Joel

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:13 +0000
Joel Cant <freebsd@linuxmod.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Is it possible to install 5.3 on a sparc64 (Ultra 5) without using 
> serial console, I seem to get garbled consoles when I try to install
> via normal screen and keyboard?
The standard (non-serial) console is broken (with regards to input at
least) in 5.3. There are at least two problems;
1) cursor keys don't work correctly, making navigating with them
    impossible.
2) you must type very slowly, or else characters will be lost.

That said, yoy *might* be able to install via normal console. Me, I
always used the serial console for the installation.

Gooid luck!
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway

You can, I've done it.
Use Ctrl-P and Ctrl-N for up and down arrows and concentrate hard ;o)
 
Simon

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From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org on behalf of Torfinn Ingolfsen
Sent: Mon 31/01/2005 09:07
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Sparc64 Install 5.3



On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:56:13 +0000
Joel Cant <freebsd@linuxmod.co.uk> wrote:

That said, yoy *might* be able to install via normal console. Me, I
always used the serial console for the installation.