Here is the scenario all you SysAds out there… You accidentally initiated an abort sequence in one of your Solaris (sparc) box. As a consequence, your SPARC-based SYSTEM WENT INTO THE prom MODE. You need to disable the default keyboard abort sequence.
The default keyboard abort sequence on a Solaris system is sent with the L1-A or STOP-A keys pressed together on an attached Sun keyboard, or the BREAK signal on the serial console.
Inserting or unplugging a keyboard on a running Sun system will also send an abort sequence, effectively dropping you to the Open Boot Prompt (”ok” prompt).
To disable the keyboard abort sequence for the current session:
kbd -a disable
To disable the keyboard abort sequence for future sessions (i.e. after a system reboot), change the following in /etc/default/keyboard.
From:
#KEYBOARD_ABORT=disable
To:
KEYBOARD_ABORT=enable
And you’re done.
The file is:
/etc/default/kbd
not the:
/etc/default/keyboard
Thanks 🙂