Alex Owen wrote: > I have found the d-i svn repository and attached is my attampt at patching > in the ideas I posted a few days ago. > > I have changed the syslinux files in d-i/trunk/installer/build/boot/x86/ > but I'm assuming these are only relevant to targets in > d-i/trunk/installer/buildconfig/x86.cfg > > The changes are two fold... > (1) provide a pxelinux config for using the serial port. > (2) make syslinux/isolinux/pxelinux display the corect text on a serial > console should they be talking to one. (ie: tell users "ctrl-F <n>" > instead on the function keys "F<n>") > > I have tested this by building and booting a testing/woody pxe-netboot > tarball and by building and booting a syslinux boot.img floppy. > > The floppy boot worked as normal the serial-9600 pxe boot worked and > displayed the correct text. Applied in essence, thanks. One thing I was not able to check is whether f1.txt has the correct number of lines on a serial console. Your version had it one line too long (should be 23) on regular console. -- see shy jo
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