Subject: losing nvram
To: None <port-mvme68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@OG.ORG>
List: port-mvme68k
Date: 01/03/1998 14:49:36
Hi folks...

Powered my 147 on for the first time in a while, and I see this:

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Copyright Motorola Inc. 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, All Rights Reserved

MVME147 Monitor/Debugger Release 2.42 - 8/1/91
CPU running at 20 MHz

FPC  passed test
MMU  passed test

*** WARNING *** Unreliable R/W to NVRAM; now using defaults from ROM

COLD Start

Onboard  RAM start = $00000000,  stop = $007FFFFF

147-Bug>

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...and the FAIL light is on.  The LAN address is gone, and nvram appears
to be filled w/ 0xff's...

I'm assuming that the battery on the nvram is dead.  Can anyone share their
experiences in this area?

Seems as if loading sboot never finishes, too.. still experimenting with it
to try and get it to load...

This _used_ to work, but it's been powered off for a while... sigh.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@og.org>