From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 7 10:23:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA23678 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:23:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ducky.net (gate.ducky.net [198.145.101.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA23663 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:23:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@ducky.net) Received: from ducky.net (localhost.ducky.net [127.0.0.1]) by ducky.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00792 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:22:52 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811071822.KAA00792@ducky.net> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: another small observation Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 10:22:51 -0800 From: Mike Haertel Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org When I type "/sbin/halt", instead of halting back to the SRM console prompt, the machine goes into a "press any key to reboot" state, identical with x86. Then when I hit the any key, it drops back to the SRM console and immediately reboots without giving me a chance to get control. On x86's this concept of "halt" makes sense, since PC BIOSes typically do not have a halted state. But on Alphas it's a real misfeature. The SRM console is a lot more useful than a PC BIOS, in fact it's the nicest console I've seen, and it would be good to be able to get back to it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message