--- yaboot-1.3.17/second/prom.c.orig	2011-10-18 12:48:11.388505271 +1100
+++ yaboot-1.3.17/second/prom.c	2011-10-18 12:49:36.553326950 +1100
@@ -395,10 +395,8 @@
      char c;
      int a;
 
-     while ((a = (int)call_prom ("read", 3, 1, prom_stdin, &c, 1)) == 0)
+     while ((a = (int)call_prom ("read", 3, 1, prom_stdin, &c, 1)) <= 0)
 	  ;
-     if (a == -1)
-	  prom_abort ("EOF on console\n");
      return c;
 }