SUN NVRAM/hostid FAQ...

http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

..and if you can, get yourself some 4x9 30 pin parity simms.... that'l get
you up to 64 MB RAM....

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! -----Original Message-----
! From: der Mouse [mailto:mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA]
! Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 2:57 AM
! To: port-sparc@netbsd.org
! Subject: Re: Busted NVRAM (was Re: add on to sysinst dumps)
! 
! 
! > Looks like there's a way to hardcode the mac address so I 
! can get the
! > thing up on the network.  What a pain!  Any suggestions as 
! how to fix
! > the NVRAM causing the mac address to go to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff other
! > than hardcoding it and rebuilding the kernel?
! 
! The NVRAM FAQ has lots of suggestions on this.  It borders on trivial
! to just reload it in the dead-battery NVRAM; if the machine is "never"
! actually powered off (as opposed to merely shut down and/or rebooted),
! this may be workable.  New NVRAMs are available for not too 
! much money;
! I've seen prices in the USD 20.00-30.00 range.  And with a file and a
! little patience, you can solder on a new battery without much trouble;
! I've seen directions and I've done it myself based on them....
! 
! If you have trouble finding the NVRAM FAQ (start from the NetBSD/sparc
! webpages, or maybe throw "Sun", "NVRAM", and "FAQ" at a Web search
! engine), write me off-list and I can probably chase down a pointer.
! 
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