Subject: Re: Stop-A with a dumb terminal?
To: None <port-sparc64@NetBSD.org>
From: Vicky Staubly <vicky@steeds.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/08/2004 16:08:59
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> > I saw the firmware go through the boot stages, but I
> > didn't know how to stop it. I can't really type stop-a.
> 
> You need to send a BREAK. There is a menu entry to do that with
> Hyperterminal, IIRC.

On my XP PC at work, I don't see such a menu item. According to this
web page ( http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/701/61.html ) ctrl-break
should work (where the "break" key may also have "pause" written on it.
The web page also lists how to generate a break using other terminal
software.

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