[syslinux] isolinux and multiple serial consoles

[H. Peter Anvin]

iSteve wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:43:15 -0700
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Eh, I'm aware of what I'm talking about...
> 
> Anyway, I'm also aware of the difference between a multiprocessing OS and a
> simple bootloader... I wasn't suggesting having the consoles work
> simultaneously. Instead, I thought more of the grub way, ie. wait for input on
> any console and once retrieved input on one, do not work interactively on the
> others (or at least on all other serial). Admitedly, I haven't tried this out
> on grub with more than one serial console attached to the booted machine.

The way it works on syslinux is that both the video and the serial 
console work in parallel.  In theory, it wouldn't be that big of a deal 
to add; on the other hand, you're the first one in 12 years to ask for 
this...

	-hpa