[syslinux] Disable clear screen

[Dag Wieers]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Dag Wieers wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible to disable the clear screen when loading syslinux ?
>>
>> Since the IBM BIOS on xSeries systems shows the MAC address of the onboard
>> NICs, I would like to have them on screen when people do a kickstart
>> fro mthe prompt using eg: ksdevice=<MAC address>
>>
>> I personally think that the clear screen is unwanted in most cases since
>> people can add that to the boot message (ctrl-L) if they need it. If all
>> the drivers in POST would do a clear screen, it would be very
>> discomforting and even if syslinux is an exception (being the last one in
>> the row) removing vital messages just before could lead to undetected
>> problems.
>
> Syslinux doesn't clear the screen unless you change video modes (by
> loading a graphic screen) or run the menu system.

Hmm, I do neither. :-/

So it must be the BIOS who is clearing the screen before starting the 
bootloader. In Qemu it doesn't clear the screen... Bummer.

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