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A comment on Debian-installer, mdadm configuration and the Bad Blocks Controversy.

Re:Debian-installer, mdadm configuration and the Bad Blocks ... by cbmuser on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:52AM (#24478845)
> If you’re on something with multiple virtual consoles (like if you’re sitting in front of a conventional PC) then you could switch to one of those after you’ve entered the MD configuration part and modify /tmp/mdadm.conf then. I don’t have that option because I’m on a serial console.

debian-installer starts a screen session these days when installing over a serial console.

You can reach the previous and next consoles with Ctrl-a n and p.

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Re:Debian-installer, mdadm configuration and the Bad Blocks ... by grifferz on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:28AM (#24490985)
Hi, article author here. That's interesting! I'd possibly never noticed this because my serial console session has always been itself inside screen (now tmux with screen bindings), so doing that would only ever have sent me to my own next window!

I'll have to try it again next time I am in there, with a double escape.

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