On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Rick Copeland wrote:

> 
> 
> Sounds like your nvram needs some help!  Go to
> http://doener.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/FAQ/faq.phtml or go to the NetBSD home page
> and look under FAQs, hardware, Sun3/3x.  This is a very common problem.
> 
> Rick Copeland
> 

and read the NVRAM/PROM faq at www.sunhelp.com


> 
> 
> At 10:14 PM 11/7/98 -0800, Devin Ganger wrote:
> >Hello, all.
> >
> >I've got a couple of quick questions about the sun3x port of NetBSD, since
> >I'm a relative newcomer to NetBSD *and* the older Sun hardware.
> >
> >I managed to pick up a SS2 and a Sun 3/80 from someone and I've found enough
> >memory for both.  I have NetBSD up and running on the SS2, and I was
> >planning on using that as the platform from which to netboot the 3/80.
> >
> >As I understand it, all I should have to do is setup up the RARP server to
> >assign the correct IP address to the 3/80, and set up the contents of the
> >netboot directory on the FTP site to be accessible via TFTP.
> >
> >My question comes from a strange error message I'm getting from the 3/80.
> >During its self-test, it displays
> >
> >Selftest Completed.
> >
> >        Sun Workstation, Model Sun-3/80 Series.
> >        Type-4 Keyboard.
> >        ROM Rev 2.9.2, 16MB memory installed
> >        ID PROM invalid.
> >
> >and then it goes on to complain "ERROR: missing or invalid ID prom".  What
> >does this mean, and how do I fix it?
> >
> >Is there a good place I can go to find more information on this machine, its
> >error messages, and possibly even some documentation for its boot monitor?
> >It seems that my box is setup to auto-boot, and I have no idea how to set
> >one of these older Suns to stop that sort of thing.
> >
> >Sorry for the newbieness of the questions, and thanks in advance for any
> >answers.
> >
> >--
> >Devin L. Ganger
> >"And Hell does not always look like Hell.  On a good day, it can look
> >a lot like L.A."    -- Dr. Eugene Sands, _Playing God_
> >
> >
> 

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