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Re: Help needed - new sparc user

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From: Timothy Fadden
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 21:31
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On 01/06/02 02:06 AM, "Michael Vilain " wrote:

>In article <BUNZ7.36570$wD1.222415@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "Mikey" <michael_antispam.e.junek@uts.edu.au.anti_spam> wrote:
>
>>Thanks all for your help. I have successfully network-booted it off my
>>current Intel Linux box, and installed RedHat 6.2 (Zoot) for sparc. It runs
>>like a gem - its to be used as a primary webserver for one of my sites. The
>>only thing that I cant seem to get working is the second ethernet card on
>>the SBUS with the SCSI. Linux detects an eth0 and eth1, but they both have
>>the same MAC address. So this is where it puzzles me. Do the two run the
>>same mac address?? Or is it not picking up the second ethernet card.
>>And one last question: It runs a single TMS390Z50(2.x) processor. What speed
>>is this? What speed does this compare to in x86 architecture terms? Where in
>>Sydney can I buy another 3 of these, if it is worth it?
>>
>
>Yes. Both NICs broadcast the same MAC address.  This is a SUN thing.  
>You can change it by modifying the OBP setting (search google for the 
>variable to set for this).  Until you do, they'll both report the same 
>MAC address.
>
to get individual mac addresses do this from the ok prompt

ok setenv local-mac-address true
ok reset

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From: Timothy Fadden <Timothy.Fadden@sun.com>
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Subject: Re: Help needed - new sparc user
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:31:06 -0700
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