Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 10:22:51 -0800 From: Mike Haertel <mike@ducky.net> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: another small observation Message-ID: <199811071822.KAA00792@ducky.net>
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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
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