[syslinux] Headless/Cardless with isolinux ??

[H. Peter Anvin]

Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> Hello Family,
> 
> I'm trying to help with a problem where there is a
> headless/cardless server and we need to create an isolinux image
> that points the display to the serial port.
> 
> The original machine that is using this has the ability in the
> bios to redirect its video to /dev/ttyS0 or such but the
> machines I have access to do NOT have that ability built into
> the bios.
> 
> [question]
> 
> Is there a way in "isolinux" to redirect video output to the
> serial port(s) when the bios by default does not allow such?
> 

You can't "redirect video output", or "point the display to the serial
port", but you can direct ISOLINUX' output to the serial port by putting
the SERIAL command in the configuration file.  See the docs.

	-hpa