[rescue] PROM on SPARC5

[Mike Nicewonger]

I have done this dozens of times with no ill effects. However like mentioned I
will not be responsible for any letting out of magic smoke.

Mike N

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, you wrote:
> I scanned the archives (just before joining the list) to see if I could
> find a remedy for a missing PROM password on a SPARC5 I bought on eBay.
> 
> I was able to remove the PROM password (thanks to inspiration from a
> message to the list) by booting the machine to the point where it asked
> for the PROM password, removing the PROM, bypassing the password,
> re-inserting the PROM and writing default values to it. I may have
> waited a bit before and after removing the prom; I was doing other
> things at the time.
> 
> Maybe this would work for someone else, too. However, if you toast you
> MB or PROM by doing this, I can't afford to be responsible. ;)
> 
> -- 
> Steve Sandau, IS Technician
> TMA Bath, Maine
> ssandau at bath.tmac.com
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