[probably already replied to, but ...]

Yes.

Hit break on your serial console, however you do so.  It will NOT be a
control-C; it will be a genuine hardware break.  You should get an "ok "
prompt (if you get a ">" prompt, type "n" first).

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and all information (ethernet address, host ID, serial number,
prom revision, and workstation type) will be displayed.

				--*greywolf;

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Lindgren
To: Manuel Bouyer
Cc: port-sparc@netbsd.org
Sent: 11/2/99 4:22 AM
Subject: Re: SS2 with working serial console?

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:57:35AM -0500, Jon Lindgren wrote:
> > A quick poll: does anyone out there have an SS2 which will boot to
the
> > serial console without kernel modifications?  I't seems that
> > port-sparc/7409 is PROM version dependant... so if anyone has a PROM
> > version that works, could you please shout out?  I'd like to throw
it
> > towards the FAQ for future reference.
> 
> I have one. Is there a way to get the prom version without rebooting
the
> machine ?
> I just left input/output to keyboard/screen and removed the keyboard.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure.  And now I'm at work so I can't even
research
it.  I don't remember getting anything helpful from eeprom or its
relatives :-(

-Jon Lindgren
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