On Thu, 3 May 2001, Andrew Brown wrote:

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> okay, apparently it boots (i told it to boot last night and went to
> bed) so the problem is the just the console, which simply stopped
> working.  after i tell the machine to boot, either on the keyboard or
> via the serial port, the console stops responding and/or emitting
> things.
> 
> any clues?

It needs a beer from DBA's ;-)

Did you set any environment vars or such in the PROM that may have been
lost in the power cycle?  A new kernel option which was installed, but
never rebooted?  Does generic boot properly?

Just shots in the dark...

-
Jon
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