[rescue] ultra issues

[Larry Snyder]

Try running (as root and assuming hme):
ifconfig hme0 ether 8:0:20:1:2:3
and see if it flies.  There's procs for setting the MAC in the OBP
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"dave venable" <venabledavid at qwest.net> wrote:
> I was able to defeat the Nvram password protection by starting my Ultra 1
> w/o the boot prom, and inserting it after the message "checksum invalid",
> then using the set-defaults command.
> 
> I can issue boot and probe commands just fine now, however now I get the
> warning "IDPROM contents invalid". Of course this includes the MAC address.
> I have installed Sol 8 and run the bootprom update with no change in this
> message.
> 
> I can ping other hosts, but upper layer protocalls won't work, i.e. telnet,
> http.
> 
> 
> Any ideas? Do I need a new boot prom?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> dave
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