[rescue] PROM on SPARC5

[G W Adkins]

I've done it dozens of times since 1997 or so, haven't killed a box yet...
Everything from IPC thru SS20...

> 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
>
> >
> > 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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