Re: Ascii for Stop-a ?

From: Matthew Weigel (nospamUSENETnospam_at_idempot.net)
Date: 03/29/05

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    hal@nospam.com wrote:
    > I am having problems with a 2.6 install on a 420R that failed and now
    > can't boot from disk. I am using Procomm for my terminal and of
    > course don't have a stop-a to break boot and tell it to go back to CD.

    It's the ~# escape on tip(1).

    But... if it can't boot from disk, why ins't it timing out into OpenBoot?

    > Procomm does key mapping but can't find the stop-a code. Anyone have
    > a reference?

    Even Google doesn't know; why not use a different terminal program? If
    one of your other Solaris hosts has a spare serial port, it's pretty
    easy. Heck, even Hyperterminal should work, Ctrl-Break ("Pause/Break")
    should do it. 

    -- 
  Matthew Weigel
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