On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:05:24PM -0600, Alvaro Figueroa wrote: > > I would like to the escape to the boot prompt using the STOP+A key > > combination on my Sunblade 100 with its USB keyboard. Unfortunately, > > all I manage to do is freeze the machine so badly that it needs to be > > power-cycled. I have looked in the debian-sparc archives and on Google > > for references to this key combination, and all I get are messages about > > how to break out of the Sun boot sequence. > > Its a usb interface thing. I've asked David Miller about that at the > vger lkml, and he said that he didn't know if he will ever fix it. > > > Does STOP+A really work for sparc64 2.4.17 kernels? > > Yeap. I've done it with ultra5s, and an ultra1. > > > And if so, does typing "go" get you back to Linux without a problem? > > Noup.
Uh, yes it does get you back without a problem. I hit stop-a all the time to get info, and drop back to linux afterwards. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
