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by **Guildford-Uni** » Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:36:33

Hi,

Yesterday I had a box that half way through boot up would panic.
Unfortunately eprom auto-boot was set to true.
I tried to send a break signal throughout the whole boot cycle but the
machine would not respond. This could be because it was a rsc
connection ???

The only way I managed to get the box to the ok prompt was to power it
off, pull the internal disks and power the box back on. Surely there
must be a simpler solution to this, any one have any ideas ?

RSC Version: 2.2
RSC Bootmon version: 2.0.0
RSC Firmware version: 2.2.1
Sun-Fire-280R

by **Dragan Cvetkovi** » Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:40:05

> Hi,

> Yesterday I had a box that half way through boot up would panic.
> Unfortunately eprom auto-boot was set to true.
> I tried to send a break signal throughout the whole boot cycle but the
> machine would not respond. This could be because it was a rsc
> connection ???

> The only way I managed to get the box to the ok prompt was to power it
> off, pull the internal disks and power the box back on. Surely there
> must be a simpler solution to this, any one have any ideas ?

There is a 'break' command in RSC. Providing that you enabled breaks (via
key and/or via kbd -a).

Bye, Dragan

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by **Guildford-Uni** » Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:12:16

Tried this (break from rsc) through the whole cycle aswell. No luck
Have checked /etc/default/kbd, no problems. Also this surely will not
take effect while POST is running. (ie memory check)

Thanks

by **Darren Dunha** » Fri, 01 Apr 2005 01:57:40

> Hi,
> Yesterday I had a box that half way through boot up would panic.
> Unfortunately eprom auto-boot was set to true.
> I tried to send a break signal throughout the whole boot cycle but the
> machine would not respond. This could be because it was a rsc
> connection ???

What kind of box? Does it have a keyswitch?

Quote:> RSC Version: 2.2
> RSC Bootmon version: 2.0.0
> RSC Firmware version: 2.2.1
> Sun-Fire-280R

Is the keyswitch in the "secure" position?

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by **Guildford-Uni** » Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:40:42

The box is a Sun-Fire-280R
We normally have the keyswitch set to secure on all boxes.

Thanks

by **Oscar del Ri** » Sat, 02 Apr 2005 01:14:18

> The box is a Sun-Fire-280R
> We normally have the keyswitch set to secure on all boxes.

Isn't it easier to turn the key to "normal" position
and then break to the "ok" prompt than removing the HDs? :-)

by **Darren Dunha** » Sat, 02 Apr 2005 04:29:49

> The box is a Sun-Fire-280R
> We normally have the keyswitch set to secure on all boxes.

Breaks are not serviced in the secure position.

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