From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 15:12:03 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C09106564A for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:12:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jedwards@bsdftw.org) Received: from mail.bsdftw.org (a104-157.iglou.com [64.253.104.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 321078FC12 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:12:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.bsdftw.org (unknown [64.253.104.155]) by mail.bsdftw.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91BD57930 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:52:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from 75.149.97.29 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jedwards) by webmail.bsdftw.org with HTTP; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:52:48 -0500 Message-ID: <64528a300d8fad2c15268e7cc0b48d4a.squirrel@webmail.bsdftw.org> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:52:48 -0500 From: "James Edwards" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Serial console with incorrect terminal set X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:12:03 -0000 Hi All, I have two servers currently colocated, one running FreeBSD 8.2/amd64 , and the other is a Sun Netra T1 that I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 on, over serial. When the system booted up, I was presented with a list of console options and I chose the first option, I believe to be ANSI (I have a knack for never picking the right one). The keyboard mapping was a bit screwed up, but somehow I managed to get to the Fixit shell. In order to test that I had my secondary NIC setup correctly, I just ran 'ping 10.0.0.2' and now it wont stop. If I hit 'Ctrl+C', it keeps going. I tried 'Ctrl+Z' in order to attempt to suspend it so I can kill the process, but that brings up the 'Abort, Restart, Continue' screen, but it gets interrupted by ping. I tried sending a break command using '~#', but I can't get to the OpenFirmware to restart in attempt to pick the correct terminal settings. IIRC, the break is not supported without a kernel that supports it. It could be easier to call my ISP and have someone power down the machine for me, as the Netra has LOM. In a worse case scenario, I can swing by and do it myself after work. My question is, is there another way to either 1) Stop ping or 2) Get to the openfirmware console? Thanks, James