Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:06:06 -0600 From: "Liam Slusser" <liam@level3.net> To: "Mark Newton" <newton@atdot.dotat.org>, "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: <bsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>, <heinig@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>, <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Status of FBSD sparc porting? Message-ID: <004501befed3$702e2720$8362060a@BUGS> References: <199909141158.VAA02182@atdot.dotat.org>
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Do you know if this method will work with the newer sun4u? (Like an Ultra 2 or Ultra 10?) liam ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: <bsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>; <heinig@hdz-ima.rwth-aachen.de>; <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 5:58 AM Subject: Re: Status of FBSD sparc porting? > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > Anybody know how to restore life to an SS2 whose IDPROM has died? > > Mine doesn't know what it is. Serial number, Ethernet address and > > Host ID are all -1. It does know about its product type, keyboard, > > ROM, and memory size. > > Get yourself to an "ok" prompt, then: > > ok setenv diag-switch? false > ok 0 f mkp > ok 8 0 20 AA BB CC AABBCC mkpl > ^D^R > ok boot > > This will set your ethernet address to 8:0:20:aa:bb:cc and your hostid > to 0xaabbcc. > > Save this away somewhere, because you'll need to type it again every > time you power-cycle the system :-) > > - mark > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > I tried an internal modem, newton@atdot.dotat.org > but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton > ----- Voice: +61-4-1620-2223 ------------- Fax: +61-8-82231777 ----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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