At 09:31 AM 11/28/2000 +0100, NetBSD mailing list wrote:

>Hello,
>it just happens to me a strange thing.
>I have the serial console permanently connected to my COM PC port and I
>Access the console using Hyper terminal from Windows. The problem is
>that if I reboot my PC leaving the serial console cable connected after a
>while also the VAXstation crashes (4000/60), I have NetBSD 1.5_BETA2,
>and when I go to see the console there is the PROM prompt
>
> >>>
>
>so I Cannot undersatnad what generated the crash, there is no kernel core
>no crash dump and no useful information in the log files...
>
>anyone has some idea of what it could be ??

The PC.  When you exit HyperTerm / reboot windows it send a break signal
along the line which forces the system to halt.

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