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From: speth@scruz.net (James G. Speth)
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Subject: Serial console for FreeBSD?
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Does FreeBSD support a console on a serial port?  We are going to be deploying
some systems in remote places, and I'd like to hook a serial line into each
and feel reasonably secure that I could recover the machine from some
disasters.  I'd particularly like to be able to control the machine in single
user mode after a failed fsck.  Does FreeBSD support this level of control?

Thanks,
Jim