On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, joerch wrote:

> > 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.
>
	That can make the sun think that break has been pressed on the
	serial console and drop into the prom. Does this match what
	you are seeing?

> > 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
>
>

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