[SunHELP] sparc20 booting woes

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Fri 2001-01-05 (22:24), Brian Hechinger wrote:
> it just doesn't end with me, this bad luck. :(
> 
> ok, sparc20, booted before, but the ROM was passwd protected and i couldn't do
> anything.  got a new NVRAM from memoryx.com, installed it, and now this happens:
> 
> SPARCstation 20 (1 X 625), No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.15, 416 MB memory installed, Serial #11184810.
> Ethernet address aa:aa:ae:aa:aa:aa, Host ID: abaaaaaa.

Bit weird. Uninitialized chips should have ff:ff.... or at least a
regular pattern...

> The IDPROM contents are invalid
> 
> Warning: IDprom checksum error.

Look for the NVRAM faq at www.sunhelp.org.

Steffen
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