On Sun, 2 May 1999, nm wrote:

> ok, as many of you suggested it looks as though the problem was
> related to the serial console.  if i unplug the serial console while 
> it is running the ipx appears to be suspended at the firmware and
> i can just type c to continue.  but i do remember that a few times
> c would not resume the os and the machine had to be restarted.  is
> there a way to tell the firmware that its ok if i unplug the serial
> console and plug it back in so that this does not happen?

I don't think you're encountering a firmware problem. I think you're
getting dropped into the debugger.

Can you compile your own kernels? I can tell you where to change the code
to fix this.

Take care,

Bill