(snip about VM behavior when the console goes away) > This behavior is not unique to VM at all -- it's exactly equivalent to > hitting L1-A on a Sparc console and leaving it sitting at the "ok" PROM > prompt -- you don't let people near your Sparc consoles if they don't > know how to fix what they broke, or aren't responsible enough to be > certain they fix it if they broke it. If your network between you and > the VM system is *that* unreliable, then that's the problem you need to > be fixing.=20
If your Sparc console is through a serial port, and that port receives a break signal, it will also enter PROM mode. If the console terminal is a PC running a terminal emulator, it will usually send break when reset or rebooted. Yes, it happened to me, though it was a home machine so it didn't affect anyone else. For similar reasons NFS clients referencing an NFS server that disappears lock up. The model is that I/O devices don't go away during an I/O operation unless something is very wrong. Especially not the system console. -- glen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
