[syslinux] syslinux problem... (?)

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Mon Nov 26 09:36:28 PST 2012


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Δημήτρης Ανδριόπουλος <anyidea at hol.gr> wrote:
>
>> On 11/26/2012 02:50 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
>> >> The CD boots fine, but when it reaches at the initial screen which
>> >> displays the available options (Install x86_32 or x86_64 version etc)
>> >> the screen scrolls up and I get a screen filled with   [14;5H[H[19;5
>> >
>> > Looks like unused ANSI escape sequences.
>>
>> <ESC>[..H is the standard ANSI sequence for positioning the cursor.  Why
>> the *hell* that ends up on the screen is the million-dollar question.
>> Are you using something like a serial port redirect?
>>
>>       -hpa
>
> No, I don't use any kind of redirection. Just trying to boot arch linux
> installation media. (CD at the beginning, USB now)
>
> - dimitris
>

Try removing/commenting out the first line of  archiso_head.cfg.  It should be:

# SERIAL 0 38400

-- 
-Gene




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