Re: How can I quit the OK prompt?

mark <jjoyce1973@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
will this command reboot my workstation *again*?

Given your question, I assumed that you had not started an OS after the
"reboot" (I think you meant reset) -- if you had actually booted an OS
you should see a login prompt, not the ok prompt.

What I would guess from the symptoms you described is that you went to
initstate 0 (go to firmware), as opposed to 5 (power off) or 6 (reboot).

At that state, boot should reset your hardware, initialize the RAM and
boot. So yes, in a way it will reboot again; as I understand you haven't
booted at all so far in that you haven't started an OS.

I hope I didn't misunderstand you; and I hope I'm not confusing you.

BTW - if you want access for a large and quick collection of man pages
of many systems (including Solaris up to 9, very useful while your
Solaris box is down), you can find it at
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi

E.g., there's a nice description of runlevels in the manpage of
init(1M). If you run Solaris 10 normally, you might also want to search
for the manpage of svcadm and read about milestones, which are in some
senses "the new runlevels".

Oh, and finally, if you meant just turning the system off once you're at
the ok prompt (which is really how you can "quit" it, otherwise it's just
how the box reacts to not having an OS running), just do a "power-off"
(this will only work if you have a keyboard with a power-on button, if you
don't, you'll have to switch the machine off on the case).

lg, Bernd
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