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PROM burning; was Re (2): Boot partition sizes (Was: installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.)



Date:   Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:29:59 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Al B. "..I'd rather be coding ASM!" <uridium%deviate.fi@localhost>
> Cheap ... programmer off fleabay works the magic.

My impression is that the chip can be reburned; it's an EEPROM.
Correct?  Souldn't the old chip be left and a spare chip burned 
just in case something goes wrong?  Seems dicey to hang the fate 
of the system on a burning process.

Thanks,           ... Peter E.

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