[syslinux] Isolinux serial console redirection issue

[H. Peter Anvin]

Super Leeet wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm trying to use the console to setup our cluster. In the past, we used
> a floppy and it worked just fine. We had to manually use the "ks="
> argument.
> 
> Now, I actually see the "menu" on the serial console *and* the monitor
> but I can't use the keyboard. I can only use the keyboard that is
> connected on the machine. Unplugging the keyboard doesn't help.
> 
> Here are the first few lines from the config file:
> 
> serial 0 115200
> default serial
> prompt 1
> timeout 120
> display boot.msg
> F1 boot.msg
> F2 install.msg
> 
> label serial
>  kernel /isolinux/vmlinuz
>  append initrd=initrd.img text console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8
> 
> [....]
> 

Are you using a BIOS with "console redirection"?  If so, you must *not*
use the "serial" option in syslinux.

	-hpa