[Tfug] [OT] Sun Resolution Problem

Jim Secan jim at nwra.com
Tue Jul 31 16:13:31 MST 2007


Thanks.  I'll give it a try next time (tomorrow?) we get a power outage.

Jim

At 11:00 PM 7/31/2007 GMT, you wrote:
>Yes, hold them down both at the same time until the Sun logo appears. 
>It resets the prom which might have gotten scrambled by the power
>outage.  I use it on my Tatung Clones and U60 when I lose power and it
>scrambles a boot or when I dork up and scramble something.  I have the
>Creator 3D card.  I don't know about the ATI card though as I just use
>the U10 for back-up.
>
>Earl
>
>"God made man, Sam Colt made men equal.
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>
>-- Jim Secan <jim at nwra.com> wrote:
>At 10:38 PM 7/31/2007 GMT, you wrote:
>>Have you tried booting using STOP N?
>>
>>Earl
>
>No.  Being an old command-line vi kinda guy, I'm not familiar with the
>various things that all these extra keys do (this after living on Suns for
>14 years!).  Is this STOP+N held down at the same time, or a sequence, and
>what is it supposed to do?
>
>Jim
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