[rescue] Using a Fire V240 as a desktop...
Phil Stracchino
alaric at metrocast.net
Tue Nov 30 11:13:10 CST 2010
On 11/30/10 12:09, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,280,1288566000"; d="scan'208";a="154469974"
> " From: Stefan Skoglund <Stefan.Skoglund at agj.net>
> "
> " mC%n 2010-11-29 klockan 05:04 -0600 skrev Caleb Cupples:
> " > []
> " > Just use Stop-A to get to the ok> prompt in OpenFirmware, and then
> " > just execute "setenv output-device screen" and then "sentenv
> " > input-device keyboard". Reboot the system, and it should work, and you
> " > should have the world's noisiest desktop computer.
> "
> " Stop-A ?
> " How to emit that if the only thing which you have is a PC with minicom
> " and serial cable between them.
> "
> " PS
> " i know perfectly well how to do this with a true Sun type 4 keyboard.
> " This is about when the only available tool is a serial terminal
> " EMULATION or SOFTWARE.
> " DS
>
> iirc a serial brk will do it, but some emulators can't send brk.
And some trap it themselves and discoonect...
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