[Sunhelp] sparcstation 2, lost idprom

[Bryan Fullerton]

As linked from the sunhelp.org FAQ section under "Sun NVRAM / Host ID FAQ":

http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

Bryan

On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 03:39:45PM -0400, Parag Patel <ppatel at preferred.com> wrote:
> I have what seems to be a simple problem. I booted my Sparcstation 2
> today, and got an error message:
> 
> 1) the Ether net address is listed as : ff:ff:ff:fd:ff:ff ( I though
> that the fd was odd)
> 2) the host ID address is given as: ffffffff
> 3) there is a message: IDPROM contents invalid
> 
> The computer will boot from a floppy drive, but it seems that both the
> network card and the scsi bus are not being accessed.
> 
> I did not see any battery that would need to be changed...
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated...
> 
> Parag Patel
> ppatel at preferred.com
> 
> 
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