Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Tags: patch Hello,
The attached patch adds documentation for the use of TERM= for serial consoles. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- Samuel >bah moi j'aime bien le flash et je cherche plus a comprendre >crosoft. Ca plante : je reinstalle Ca à le mérite de créer des emplois jeunes : "réinstalleur de crosoft" -+- BD in NPC : Bill Gates au secours de l'emploi -+-
Index: en/boot-installer/parameters.xml =================================================================== --- en/boot-installer/parameters.xml (révision 58263) +++ en/boot-installer/parameters.xml (copie de travail) @@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ <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>. To improve the console output, you may +additionally append +<userinput>TERM=<replaceable>type</replaceable></userinput> where +<replaceable>type</replaceable> is the <quote>terminfo</quote> name of +the terminal emulation supported by the serial console. </para><para arch="sparc">
