On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, David Holland wrote:
> > Except that the boot program needs to run on a (real) serial console.
>
> Eh, you're no fun. :-)
>
> (Hardcoding vt100 is the only plausible option for a serial console -
> with caution it can be arranged so it will still be comprehensible on
> a terminal that doesn't understand vt100.)

I'm actually fine with not displaying a cursor-based menu if the console 
is not vga..

Cheers,
Jared