>	Now that I have my partition issues dealt with, and 1.5 running nicely on
>this monster of a Compaq server, I find myself wanting to force the console
>I/O to one of the serial ports on bootup. The man pages and existing FAQs
>are unclear to me on this point.
>
>	Questions:
>
>	(1) Do I need to compile a custom kernel to do this?

	no.

>	(2) If so, what do I change?

	like this.  "rwd0" part may vary by your system configuration.

	# /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/biosboot_com0.sym /dev/rwd0a

	also don't forget to update /etc/ttys correctly (you will want a getty
	on "console").
	i'm not sure if it is covered by existing FAQs - if not, it should be
	added, i agree.

itojun