On Tuesday 05 Mar 2013 21:00:53 Leo Baltus wrote: > I tried using iPXE over a serial line using a menu. > The output looks garbled and input like using arrow keys does not seem to > work. Is this a tested and supported set-up? > <snip> > I used console redirection to serial by the BIOS.
The problem is that you have both iPXE and the BIOS's console redirection attempting to control the serial port. At a minimum, you'll get two copies of each character; after you add in the various control codes typically generated by BIOS console redirection, the result will look inexplicably garbled. You need to either disable CONSOLE_SERIAL, or disable the BIOS's console redirection. You'll get more predictable results by disabling the BIOS's console redirection and leaving CONSOLE_SERIAL enabled; iPXE produces standard ANSI escape sequences that should work (including colours, menus, etc) on pretty much any serial terminal software. BIOS console redirection tends to be more limited, and often doesn't cope well with things such as colour changes and cursor movement. Michael _______________________________________________ ipxe-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ipxe-devel
