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On Fri, 07 Nov 1997 11:59:31 EST, Kevin Sullivan says
>I've just put 1.3_ALPHA on a new Pentium; this machine is destined to be 
a
>"random service" machine (ntp, samba, amanda, etc).  I've configured the 
>bootblocks to use a serial console and am booting with a generic kernel.  
>I've found an odd problem, though; whenever I turn off the terminal 
(which
>is on the console serial port) the machine hangs.  The machine starts up 
>again when the terminal is turned back on (though sometimes it has been 
>thrown into ddb).

Odd.  I built a new (non-generic) kernel from today's sources and the 
problem seems to have vanished.  The machine is now quite happy with a 
disconnected serial console.  I'd still be interested in knowing *why* it 
happened before, though, if anyone has any insights :-)

	-Kevin



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