[syslinux] isolinux and multiple serial consoles

[H. Peter Anvin]

Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:23:13AM +0200, iSteve wrote:
>> Greetings,
>> I'm using isolinux and I'd like to make it spawn serial consoles to all four
>> devices (ttyS{0..3} / COM{0..3})... if spawning on just one (serial 0 38400),
>> everything works great, however, should I attempt to spawn on all four, no
>> console is available at all. How come?
> 
> As far I known is a bootloader something different then
> a multi-tasking operating system.
> 

When iSteve talks about "serial consoles" it might be worthwhile to find 
out what he actually means about that.  If what you're looking for is to 
be able to log in, then that's not a "console" in either syslinux or 
Linux terminology; instead you want to set up a getty process in 
/etc/inittab.

	-hpa