SPARC: How to Stop the System for Recovery Purposes

The specific stop key sequence depends on your keyboard type. For example, you can press Stop-a or L1-a. On terminals, press the Break key.

1. Type the abort key sequence for your system.

   The monitor displays the ok PROM prompt.

   ok

2. Use the sync command to synchronize the disks.

   ok sync

3. When you see the syncing file systems... message, press the abort key sequence for your system again.

4. Type the appropriate boot(1M) command to start the boot process.

5. Verify the system is booted to the specified run level.

   # who -r . run-level 3 May 2 07:39 3 0 S

SPARC: Example--Stopping the System for Recovery Purposes

Press <Stop-a>
ok sync
syncing file systems...
Press <Stop-a>
ok boot