On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2000 at 04:29:40PM +0100, Eric Delaunay wrote: > > Pass TERM=vt100 or TERM=vt102 at boot time. Current init process does not > > enforce TERM settings anymore ;(( I don't know wether I will enable it > > again > > or just let the user pass TERM=xxx at boot time. Maybe a serial target for > > silo could also be helpful for floppy boot. > > On this topic, do you know about a way of identifying the type of console > > connected to the serial line ? Is there an escape sequence that returns > > vt100 > > or the like ? > > IMHO, it's safe enough to assume vt100 as long as there's a way to > override that assumption if necessary. How many people actually use > terminals that don't speak vt100? I know of quite a few Wyse (50|60) terminals still alive and well being used as serial terminals. Don't know of any being used on Sparcs right now, but a colleague is using one on his i386. ;>
