[syslinux] isolinux serial console keyboard issue

[H. Peter Anvin]

Floriola wrote:
> Hi gain,
> 
> 
>>So I intend to replace in isolinux.cfg the line
> 
> < serial 0 9600
> 
>>with 
>>serial 0 9600 0xab3
> 
> 
> Now after adding this line 
> 
>>serial 0 9600 0xab3
> 
> 
> the console is not working att all (no keyboard,
> nothing displayed, with flow control enabled or
> disabled in the terminal)
> 
> Any ideea whay I have done wrong?
> 
> I have a simple cisco serial cable, and I am using
> win2000 with HyperTerminal.
> 

You're having an awfully restrictive set of flow control commands; 
although technically correct "simple Cisco cable" and "Win2000 
HyperTerminal" aren't usually phrases you associate with doing things 
100% according to spec.  I would start with simply 0x003.

	-hpa