diff -urN grub2.org/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c grub2/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c
--- grub2.org/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c	2007-10-01 18:06:33.000000000 +0200
+++ grub2/term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c	2007-10-01 18:11:58.000000000 +0200
@@ -70,20 +70,38 @@
 static void
 grub_ofconsole_putchar (grub_uint32_t c)
 {
-  char chr = c;
-  
-  if (c == '\n')
-    {
+  char chr;
+
+  switch(c)
+  {
+    case '\a':
+      break;            
+    case '\n':
+      grub_putcode ('\r');
       grub_curr_y++;
+      if(grub_curr_y > (grub_ofconsole_height - 1))
+        grub_curr_y -= 4; /* Is this realy correct for all OF versions around ? */
+      break;
+    case '\r':
       grub_curr_x = 0;
-    }
-  else
-    {
+      break;
+    case '\b':
+      if(grub_curr_x > 0)
+        grub_curr_x--;
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      if(c == '\t')
+        c = ' ';
+
+      if (grub_curr_x >= (grub_ofconsole_width - 1))
+        grub_putcode ('\n');
+
       grub_curr_x++;
-      if (grub_curr_x > grub_ofconsole_width)
-	grub_putcode ('\n');
-    }
+      break;
+  }                                                                                                                                                                        
 
+  chr = c;
   grub_ieee1275_write (stdout_ihandle, &chr, 1, 0);
 }