On Thu, Jul 08 2004 - 12:46, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> Sorry to ask this here, but searching on this problem hasn't exactly
> been easy. I'm hoping someone just knows this.
> 
> I found an Ultra1 at work with one of the older motherboards (and an
> 140 something megahertz processor) so I'm going to play with it a
> little. I connected it to a grimdows box with a serial cable and
> Hyperterminal. I saw the firmware go through the boot stages, but I
> didn't know how to stop it. I can't really type stop-a. I did notice

I wonder if it's not Ctrl-A ...
Or Ctrl-Pause (http://www.lbl.gov/ITSD/CIS/faqs/UNIX_Faq/11.html)

> that after I shut it down it went to the ok prompt. I'm thinking of
> netbooting it and I'd like to be able to stop it from booting from the
> serial console.
> 
> Any ideas on how I might do this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Andy