> vnconfig vnd0 NetBSD-7.99.1-amd64-live-wd0root.img > installboot -e -o console=com0 /dev/vnd0a > vnconfig -u vnd0 > > but the problem is that it requires root privileges, which the > automated test infrastructure doesn't (and shouldn't) have. > > Is there a way to accomplish this without being root?
- prepare "serial console liveimage option" to build.sh by - using INSTALLBOOTOPTIONS (see distrib/common/bootimage/Makefile.bootimage) - special boot.cfg(5) to set consdev=com0 or - add an "partition offset" option to installboot(8) like makefs(8)'s -O etc? (completely untested) --- Izumi Tsutsui
