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authorJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-02-18 20:44:42 +0000
committerJasper Lievisse Adriaanse <jasper@cvs.openbsd.org>2010-02-18 20:44:42 +0000
commit3280e46013f451d1de5f14a1f8a22b13c8954107 (patch)
tree9902c446500146ae924ee0cee1110548e342c2b7
parent733b61d7e2b06c9dbf01ae9040e05ab508662ed6 (diff)
document two ways to get back into PMON when autobooting is enabled
feedback and ok miod@ otto@
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-dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.3 2010/02/12 20:58:34 miod Exp $
+dnl $OpenBSD: prep,v 1.4 2010/02/18 20:44:41 jasper Exp $
Most MACHINE systems are shipped with a Linux system installed on the disk
drive or SSD. This system will likely use two partitions, one for the
system and applications, and another for the user data. OpenBSD will in turn
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Entering PMON:
arrows keys and press enter, or abort the countdown sequence and get to
the PMON commandline by hitting `c'.
+ If you have set up your machine to automatically boot into OpenBSD,
+ and want to enter PMON, you should press the `Del' key or
+ `ESC [ G' if you are using a serial console. You must have attached a
+ VGA monitor for the last step, as the commands you type on the console,
+ will show up on the VGA monitor.
+
On Gdium systems, the system proceeds to immediately boot into the
operating system; to enter PMON, repeatedly press the `del' key
(on the top right corner of the keyboard) before the G-Key lits,