Syslinux - Jan 2004 - isolinux 2.08: screen garbage when loading kernel?

I'm using the RIP Linux mini rescue distribution.
  http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/
I have modified v. 7.0 for usage on our 32 node Tyan Tiger MPX Linux
cluster with a serial console. Because of a bug with Grub on this
motherboard when running headless and using a serial console I use the
optional Isolinux version 2.08 also included with RIP Linux to boot from
a CDROM.

When the kernel is loaded and a line of dots should appear there is lots
of blue and black colored characters filling the screen. When the
kernel is actually booting the output returns again to normal. This
problem is seen on a dual Athlon MP system with colors enabled in the
xterm window where the minicom serial connection is runnig.

Runnning the same CDROM on a PIII system with a black and white xterm
window shows the expected output with a line of dots when booting the
kernel.

I have turned off color usage in the help screens printed by RIP Linux
but this did not solve the problem.

Has anyone else seen this screen garbage when loading the kernel?

Best regards,                Tomas Lind?n
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