>Can you use a dumb terminal from COM1 as a console under NetBSD?
>Is it something you can configure after the system is installed,
>or can you boot a system from scratch (boot disks, et al) from a
>serial terminal console?  Or, is it not possible to do any of
>this?

Sure, I do it all the time.  Just start up a getty on that tty (it's
probably already set up in /etc/ttys; just turn the appropriate tty
"on").

--Ken