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

[Steve Rikli]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 09:07:52AM +0100, Peter Stokes wrote:
> 
> Not sure if relevant, but from memory I thought the system serial number on
> the case related to the hostid (and hence ethernet)  in some way on these
> older systems?

I vaguely recalled something like that as well, but the serial# printed
on my Classic had no apparent relation to anything else.

Maybe it was more true of other models.

Cheers,
sr.


> On 24 Sep 2015, at 06:35, Romain Dolbeau <romain at dolbeau.org> wrote:
> > 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 :-(