[SunHELP] Change NVRAM

bran tregare sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Thu Oct 25 20:09:25 CDT 2001


it'll only go right in if it's a like machine (U1 to U1, U1E to U1E)  I 
tried putting an NVRAM form a U1 in a U1E and it complained, i suppose the 
machineID byte is different....

At 05:16 PM 10/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>If you get it from Sun, Sun should of replace the NVRAM with a new one but
>with the same hostID and ethernet address.  To my knowledge, you just plug
>it in and turn on the machine.  If you didn't get it from Sun, I'm not sure
>if plucking one NVRAM from another machine and plugging it in will work or
>not (thinking not here myself).
>
>
>- Mike
>
>
>On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, anna menshch wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I have an Ultra 1, it's IDprom stopped working. When I reboot, it does not
> > remember anything (MAC, hostid).  So I just got a new NVRAM for the 
> machine.
> > What do I need to do to get the new chip work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Anna Menshch
> > System Administrator
> > Micromuse, Inc
> > Pleasantville, NY
> > T 914-747-7619
> > M 860-913-5921
> >
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