[rescue] question about sparc10 ethernet controller

[Brian Howe]

Not sure that this would help, but is the system in question patched to the
latest OBP firmware?

On 10/2/06, Arthur Wouk <awouk at nilenet.com> wrote:
>
> i still have three sparc10s sitting around (plus some spare bases with
> various problems.
>
> one of my 'good' ss10s fails the 'test net' test on boot. error code -1,
> no attached cable or network. the same network connection plugged into any
> other sun machines work just fine (same cable). i conclude that the
> ethernet
> controller is shot. anyone have any other ideas?
>
> yes, i have tried all the standard software things with ifconfig and
> setting
> /etc/hostname.le0 file by hand. nothing works (the tricks all worked on
> all
> my other sparc10s at various times.
>
> so,  is there a single chip which is the controller, and can i try to move
> one from my bases (none of which had ethernet connection problems)?
>
> if not, is there a scsi card which will give me working ethernet for a
> sparc10? anyone have one?
>
>
> the machine has a ross hypersparc 150mhs cpu, 512mb ram, and a fast,
> cool-running 4gig modern 50 pin hard drive in it, and could probably take
> another such without overheating. i hate to give up on it.
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