Subject: Re: get firmware prompt
To: Olli <oliverko@dialup.nacamar.de>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/04/1999 00:49:03
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Olli wrote:
> After starting my UDB the computer starts always NetBSD. I have no
> chance to put some commands to the firmware prompt.
> My Question: How to get the firmware prompt again (needed for
> installation from floppy).
Just keep hitting Ctrl-C as the firmware initialises; at some point
it will see the Ctrl-C and go to the firmware prompt, rather than
booting, if I recall correctly.
cjs
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