Activating the Serial Port on FreeBSD
Introduction
By default, the serial port is not activated. If you have a Soekris device, for example, it's essential to activate it. Let's see how to do this.
Configuration
To activate the standard output on the serial port (only stdout):
Alternatively, you can choose to activate the serial port only if no keyboard is connected to the machine:
Next, you'll need to configure the stdin part (keyboard) by enabling this line by changing it to "on":
Reboot and then all you need to do is connect to it.