Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:42:11 +0100 (CET) From: Gregor Hlawacek <lawa@gmx.at> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102181339070.1551-100000@einstein.oehheim.unileoben.ac.at> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] PROM Problem - Help!
Today, Mike Nicewonger sleept on the keyboard and thought about Re:...
> Your NVRAM is toast. Do a google search for NVRAM/idprom FAQ. You will need
> to replace the NVRAM.
Maybe you can reprogramm it I have to do this all the time with my
sparcstation 20 seems the battery is empty
gregor
>
> Mike N
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nix" <suse@nix.hispeed.com>
> To: "suse sparc" <suse-sparc@suse.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 2:27 AM
> Subject: [suse-sparc] PROM Problem - Help!
>
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I was just given a Sparc 2 and am trying to get it to work with SuSE
> > 7.1 beta.
> >
> > This is what I see when I boot up.
> >
> > SPARCstation 2, Type 4 Keyboard
> > ROM Rev. 2.4.1, 96MB Memory installed, Serial #16777215
> > Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, Host ID: ffffffff.
> >
> > The IDPROM contents are invalid
> >
> > I then issue:
> > boot /sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@6,0
> > SILO
> > boot:
> > Uncompressing image...
> > Loading initial ramdisk....
> > IDPROM Unknown format type!
> > Program terminated
> >
> > However if I boot from the internal disk, I can happily boot up to SunOS
> > 4 (although I don't have the root password)
> >
> > Does anyone know how to fix my new toy?? It has two NICs in it, I'm not
> sure
> > if that makes a difference to the issue at all...
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Nix - nix@susesecurity.com
> > http://www.susesecurity.com
> >
> >
>
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