[rescue] Fw: Quick low-tech question (STOP-A)

[Carl R. Friend]

   Mike writes:

> >If you boot the system with no framebuffer, but a Sun keyboard plugged in,
> >OUTPUT will go to the serial terminal, and input will occur with the Sun
> >keyboard. [1]
> 
> This is actualy _quite_ handy, if you are hardware troubleshooting a sick
> machine ,and needing STOP-A frequently..  (no STOP-A on a dumb terminal.. I
> could never get terminal key combos to do it)

   The "break" key comes to mind....

   I run many Sun boxes "headless" and attached to console servers.
Break works very nicely.  Unless, of course, you try to back-to-back
two machines together....

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