> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Jan Setje-Eilers wrote: > > > An external reset button might make the thing last longer - the x86 > > test machine in my office that I used for much of new-boot (and > > leadville x86) doesn't have one, and the power supply is now a little > > flaky. > > Ouch, being in the same position (i.e. without a reset button on the > machine), I completely sympathise (sp?) with you. My power cable has seen > quite a few pull outs since I started playing with new solaris boot > architecture.
I really think you should be able to hold down the power button for five or so seconds. Not that that's all that great for the system either, particularly if you're doing it a couple dozen times a day. In the end that's part of the cost of bringing up new system software (so much for free software :) ). -jan
