Subject: Re: installation of NetBSD on sparc station 5
To: None <zalesny@kicia.ch.pwr.wroc.pl>
From: Jarle Greipsland <jarle@uninett.no>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/03/2003 12:30:19
Robert Zalesny <zalesny@kicia.ch.pwr.wroc.pl> writes:
> So I connected this sparc station to my FreeBSD box via null
> modem cable and 25pin/9pin adapter and run tip program.
[ ... ]
> Now, as you suspect I would like to install NetBSD on the sparc
> station, but the problem is that tapping CNTRL+Pause/Break
> doesn't help me a lot and I don't know how to reach the PROM.

You have to make the tip program send a BREAK on the console
line.  Usually, you can do this by typing ~#.  See the manual page
for tip for more information.
					-jarle