FreeBSD 5.2.1 - Stable, boot2 and serial console

I did search the question mailing list before posting.

First, the new "menu", I think boot2 bootloader stage seems to be
un-documented. Is there some documentation on this new-to-5.2 feature ?

Also, during boot2 (starting right after boot0, and until "Copyright ..."
), all my text via a serial console disappears. This happened also when
installing off the 5.2.1 Install CD. (system had no video card or keyboard
attached, normally).

I wish I could capture this, but when the text appears on the screen, I
can see characters being generated, but immediately get erased. Some
screen shots of this happening.

<http://davidpdischer.com/FreeBSD521_SerialConsole/>

I've played with term types, etc, etc, and haven't really had any affect.

The serial console box is a FreeBSD 4.8 system, using ssh to access the
system and tip to hit the serial connection.

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