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From: dav@genisco.gtc.com (David L. Markowitz)
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Subject: Re: Sparc won't boot w/ serial devs attached???
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david@msri.org (David Mostardi) writes:

>Is it *really* true that a Sparcstation 1 won't boot if there are any
>devices (say, modems) attached to the serial ports?  The techie at Sun
>believes this is true.  Is there any way around this incredible problem?

It is true that serial interrupts onb ttya during boot can cause an SS1
boot to fail, but there is a fix.  Sun has a newer boot prom which patches
this bug.

	David L. Markowitz
	Genisco Technology Corporation
	dav@gtc.com