On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Brian Wimberly wrote:

> The serial console, multiuser boot seems to go normally until just
> after the security level is changed from 0 to 1. The next few lines
> of output on the console are partly garbled, into a mixture of strange
> characters and English.

Edit /etc/gettytab and look for the std.9600 entry; it should have a "np"
capability (as opposed to an "ep" or "op").  This will tell getty to use 8
data bits, no parity.

--scott