no getty on ttyS0 with the install image

no getty on ttyS0 with the install image

[apfel]

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Hi,

i do not understand why the installer does not provide a getty on ttyS0.

Can somebody explain why this is the case?

Would some developer want to change that?

As far as i understand runit, the only thing which has to be done is to
copy the correct file into the correct directory.

A serial console for the installer would allow for installations via serial
console, which is sometimes the only. I want to start with void linux
but this makes it impossible for me right now.

BR


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Re: no getty on ttyS0 with the install image

[Leah Neukirchen]

"'apfel' via voidlinux" <void...@googlegroups.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> i do not understand why the installer does not provide a getty on ttyS0.
>
> Can somebody explain why this is the case?
>
> Would some developer want to change that?
>
> As far as i understand runit, the only thing which has to be done is to
> copy the correct file into the correct directory.

This is on my TODO, but I didn't yet get around it.

> A serial console for the installer would allow for installations via serial
> console, which is sometimes the only. I want to start with void linux
> but this makes it impossible for me right now.

You can just install Void manuall from any other Linux distribution
that speaks to ttyS0 already. ;)

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Leah Neukirchen  <le...@vuxu.org>  http://leah.zone

Re: no getty on ttyS0 with the install image

[Michael Gehring]

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:46:10PM +0200, Leah Neukirchen wrote:
> > A serial console for the installer would allow for installations via serial
> > console, which is sometimes the only. I want to start with void linux
> > but this makes it impossible for me right now.
> 
> You can just install Void manuall from any other Linux distribution
> that speaks to ttyS0 already. ;)

Or create an image with ttyS0 enabled. This worked 2 years ago and
likely still does: https://gist.github.com/ebfe/d536e92a6744153da2e7#file-void-ttys0-enabled-sh

Re: no getty on ttyS0 with the install image

[Leah Neukirchen]

Michael Gehring <m...@ebfe.org> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 01:46:10PM +0200, Leah Neukirchen wrote:
>> > A serial console for the installer would allow for installations via serial
>> > console, which is sometimes the only. I want to start with void linux
>> > but this makes it impossible for me right now.
>> 
>> You can just install Void manuall from any other Linux distribution
>> that speaks to ttyS0 already. ;)
>
> Or create an image with ttyS0 enabled. This worked 2 years ago and
> likely still does:
> https://gist.github.com/ebfe/d536e92a6744153da2e7#file-void-ttys0-enabled-sh

Come to think of it, hrmpf supports serial console already. ;)

https://github.com/chneukirchen/hrmpf/commit/52f9477c32749aee8b3c4ae080a9905e4ae9f3c9

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