Best serial console server construction method?

[Tod McQuillin]

On Mon, 26 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Be careful buying old DEC Servers, if you don't have a VMS
> or Tru64 box around; when they boot, they ask for their
> MOP_MOM.  8-).  Basically, their firmware gets downloaded
> via MOP, and they need something to talk to them to be able
> to boot (MOP = Maintenance Operations Protocol).

See /usr/ports/net/mopd.  I haven't used it but it seems to serve exactly
the purpose you describe.
-- 
Tod McQuillin