[SunHELP] eeprom password, part II

[Pissey, Vinod]

you bet it,=20

I would'nt do that.
GAWD there must be something out for this.

If you could risk a motherboard for a PROM go ahead.


Thanks
Regards
Vinod Kumar Pissey
Unix Is User-Friendly.It's just selective about who its friends Are.

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org] On
Behalf Of Dave Garten
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:10 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] eeprom password, part II


I've done the dirty deed with an SS2, IPC, IPX, and a SS5.  No hassle at

all.  No sparKs.  All working thereafter.  I wasn't smart enought to
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usenet posts...;)

Used the 'two finger rule' (If it takes more than two fingers, its broke
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you don't understand how to do it).

> > Well, I can assure you that the Usenet posts which describe=20
> > unplugging the NVRAM and then plugging it in while the machine is=20
> > running is definitely a bad idea.  :-(
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> You actually -can- do this safely, at least on older (32-bit)=20
> machines. James Lockwood has also posted some alternative instructions

> which work just as well.
> 	Greg
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Dave Garten
dgarten at nova dot org
dgarten at totalimage dot=20