What happens if you use 'n' to enter new mode before booting?

		David/absolute

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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Richard Sather wrote:

> I have two IPC's that will every now and again go into an endless loop
> displaying:
> 
> 	Type b (boot), c (continue), or n (new command mode)
> 
> Stop-A doesn't help - only switching them off/on works (most of the time)
> 
> At bootup (using 1.3.3 Generic SCSI3) the problem sometimes occurs just after
> the line:
> cgthree at sbus...
> 
> 1.4 seems to make things worse - the bcn line is almost guaranteed at bootup.
> 
> Have I miss configured something?
>