>Is it possible to configure a netbsd/i386 kernel so that it requires
>neither a monitor nor a keyboard?  I'd like to set up a box to hang
>off the net for compute service, but don't want any console stuff (at
>least once I verify it is working the way it should).

I believe that NetBSD will work fine even if it doesn't have a keyboard
and monitor attached.  I'd be more worried about the BIOS supporting it.

If you still want to use a serial console, you can look at the COMCONSOLE
kernel option, and compiling the boot blocks with -DSERIAL.

--Ken