[syslinux] Disable clear screen

[H. Peter Anvin]

Dag Wieers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to disable the clear screen when loading syslinux ?
> 
> Since the IBM BIOS on xSeries systems shows the MAC address of the onboard 
> NICs, I would like to have them on screen when people do a kickstart 
> fro mthe prompt using eg: ksdevice=<MAC address>
> 
> I personally think that the clear screen is unwanted in most cases since 
> people can add that to the boot message (ctrl-L) if they need it. If all 
> the drivers in POST would do a clear screen, it would be very 
> discomforting and even if syslinux is an exception (being the last one in 
> the row) removing vital messages just before could lead to undetected 
> problems.
> 

Syslinux doesn't clear the screen unless you change video modes (by 
loading a graphic screen) or run the menu system.

	-hpa