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From: windley@lal.cs.byu.edu (Phillip J. Windley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: serial port as console
Date: 05 Jan 1996 21:17:18 -0700
Organization: Laboratory for Applied Logic; Brigham Young University
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Is it possible to use FreeBSD in a configuration where there is no video
card and only a serial port console?  I'm rack mounting a bunch of systems
and video switchers are expensive and serial switchers are cheap...

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