You may also need to set the eeprom to allow for unique mac address
assignments-

from the restricted monitor type this:
local-mac-address?=true

See if that may help you clear things up (provided that both are plugged
in at the same time.)




On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 14:50, David Wetzel wrote:
> sferreira@computerhorizons.com wrote:
> 
> > I've began installing 1.6 sparc 64 via miniroot on a Netra T1 but I had
> > problems with the kernel recognizing my NIC cards. These NIC cards
> > defaulted to gem0 & gem1.  I even tried to set up an IP address for them
> > using the miniroot "ifconfig" but it would not pick up an IP address. I
> > ran the installer anyways, and went through the stages of partitioning
> > the drive, etc...  But it would not FTP the packages because the problem
> > I had with "ifconfig".
> 
> I think there was some problem with the sparc miniroot binaries. Read the archives. Does your Netra have hme ethernet? On my Netra, onle the hme1 port works with NetBSD.
> 
> Is booting from an (external) CD an option for you? The ISO is now bootable I red in this list.
> I installed my netra by formating the drive on a sparc 32 system:-)
> 
> Dave
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