Hello, I've managed to get sysinstall to do a completely unattended install via DHCP/PXE and reboot the system into a state where it will be possible to login via SSH. So far, so good. Unfortunately This works for VGA consoles only. If the server in question has got a serial console, I get this prompt: ------------------------------------------------------------ /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console These are the predefined terminal types available to sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the closest match for your particular terminal. 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color). 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). 5 ...................... xterm terminal emulator. Your choice: (1-5) ------------------------------------------------------------ After entering (e.g.) 2, the complete install runs just fine without any more operator assistance. The code responsible for this seems to be in /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/termcap.c, line 92 ff.: if (!OnVTY || (stat < 0)) { if (!term) { char *term, *termcap; prompt_term(&term, &termcap); with prompt_term() being the function that displays the above menue. Term is set at the beginning of set_termcap(), line 80: term = getenv("TERM"); OK, here's the question: how do I set environment variables in install.cfg or some other file in my mfsroot? TERM=vt100 in install.cfg did not make it to sysinstall, would have been too simple, I guess ;-) Thanks a lot, Patrick -- punkt.de GmbH * Kaiserallee 13a * 76133 Karlsruhe Tel. 0721 9109 0 * Fax 0721 9109 100 info@punkt.de http://www.punkt.de Gf: J?rgen Egeling AG Mannheim 108285