> do you have the cable plugged-in all the time?  some machines tend to
> send BREAK when they are powered on or off, so your SS2 might catch it
> and drop into OBP. 

hmm yes i have the serial cable plugged in the whole time and shutdown
the pc, running freebsd, down because it is very loud and very warm 
because of its hardware.

> check these messages for more details: 
> 
>   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2002/05/16/0000.html
>   http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2002/08/19/0003.html

thanks

-- 
gruesse 

joerg "joerch" buechner

http://www.home.mayn.de/helix