[syslinux] Message File to serial console

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jim Murphy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Been useing syslinux with the Floppy Firewall Distribution for some
> time now.  While testing a new hardware configurations, no video card
> - serial port only as console, I no longer receive a nice looking
> messsage to the screen(serial port).  When video card is present, but
> still making the serial port the console everything is ok(In fact
> syslinux sends the message to both the video card and the serial
> console).  What I see on the serial port is what appears to be a line
> wrap at 15 characters.  Each message line is printed out in its
> entirety, but 15 characters per line, then CR/LF, then the next 15
> characters, etc...  Once the kernel is started, everything else looks
> fine.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas what may be wrong, or is this a bug in syslinux?
> 
> Didn't find anything in the archives or change logs.  Also is there a
> bug list anywhere, or did I miss it on the web pages?
> 

What *version* of SYSLINUX are you using??

I looked at the code, and it looks like this bug got fixed a long time 
ago...

	-hpa