adding console on serial support to bootdisk

Hi,

we just had a huge discussion on #rocklinux about the question of
$subject. I want to summarize arguments here and ask people to vote for
one or another side.

Pro: - install possible for machines without keyboard
       -> you could bring a monitor and keyboard, but that's not always
	      possible (-> see also embedded devices)

Contra: - another machine might be connected via serial cable and
          receive the output as input
		  -> you could disconnect the serial cable for the time of
		     install or even use the other side to configure the install
		     process
	    - there might be no serial port
		  -> there is a console=auto switch which decides automatically.
		     And console=ttyS0 without ttyS0 should not hurt.
	 	     The isolinux option "SERIAL 0" also makes use of serial and
			 normal input.

Other Arguments? Comments?

Ciao

Andreas

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