I'm running FAI on computers that are connected to a serial terminal so that I can remotely monitor them when they are running, and when they are being installed.
The problem is that FAI uses ASCII control characters in the boot message to make the FAI "logo" appear in red, and at the top of the screen. This works great on a monitor, but on my serial console, it causes the FAI logo to be present for the entire session --- even after the machine is rebooted. This also affects the scrolling of log messages, and generally shrinks the usable screen real-estate. I have simply removed the control characters from my local copy -- but this isn't a permanent solution. Can either a variable be created that tells whether or not to use the ASCII characters, or can some terminal detection code be added that doesn't use these characters on serial terminals? I would think the variable solution would be the easiest to implement, and is reasonably clean. Thanks for FAI! Mike Gellman
