> I think he means loopback for the keyboard/mouse, not for the video.

Oh! Arm-less! ;-)

Well, in any case, Jason just wanted to switch to run with one of the 
serial ports as the console so he can use vi.  I don't recall him saying
anything about cutting off heads or arms ;-) so I don't see any reason
why he can't switch.  It certainly can't hurt him to try!

Dean.