[rescue] Replacement NVRAM/clock for IPX, success + question

Romain Dolbeau romain at dolbeau.org
Thu Sep 24 00:35:29 CDT 2015


2015-09-23 20:30 GMT+02:00 Steve Rikli <sr at genyosha.net>:

> > Related question: is it possible to recover the original hostid/MAC from
> > the barcode on the original chip?
> In theory, yes:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2001/09/04/0002.html
>

Thank you. There's some conflicting data in other posts, but it's good
enough for my need.


> Not that it matters much, as you say, since making something up is
> fine; but "getting it right" did make me feel better.  :-)


Exactly. Too bad the exact translation/database is lost to the sands of
time.
Somehow, I don't think calling Oracle would help :-(

Cordially,

-- 
Romain Dolbeau


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