Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:54:42 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Cliff Crawford <ze5yr@zone.unixshell.com> Cc: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of FBSD sparc porting? Message-ID: <37DED232.45307EB2@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909132326310.86737-100000@zone.unixshell.com>
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Cliff Crawford wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Michael Kennett wrote: > > | Greg 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. > | > > | > | Craig Dewick (http://www.sunrk.com.au) provides a service for reprogramming > | the NVRAM in sun4c and sun4m machines. I've not actually used the service, > | and I am not affiliated with Sun-Ripened-Kernels (but I love the name!). > > You can also do it yourself from the prom monitor by reading the nvram faq > (linked off of www.sunhelp.org). Specifically it is at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html for your browsing and/or programming enjoyment. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://softweyr.com/ wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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