Subject: Re: endless boot-continue-new on IPC
To: Richard Sather <satherrl@gryphon.itssa.curtin.edu.au>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/29/1999 22:32:31
What happens if you use 'n' to enter new mode before booting?
David/absolute
"Its just another ultimate battle of good against evil..."
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Richard Sather wrote:
> I have two IPC's that will every now and again go into an endless loop
> displaying:
>
> Type b (boot), c (continue), or n (new command mode)
>
> Stop-A doesn't help - only switching them off/on works (most of the time)
>
> At bootup (using 1.3.3 Generic SCSI3) the problem sometimes occurs just after
> the line:
> cgthree at sbus...
>
> 1.4 seems to make things worse - the bcn line is almost guaranteed at bootup.
>
> Have I miss configured something?
>