Re: nvram sun 3/80

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From: Mark C. Henderson
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <4qm8pt$1ic@jedi.apana.org.au>,
Craig Dewick <cdewick@jedi.apana.org.au> wrote:
>In <4qj3i7$6hp@hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au> J.Vandegeyn@mailbox.uq.oz.au writes:
>
>>Hi, I am having trouble setting up a new nvram chip in my sun3/80.
>>I have followed the instructions in the nvram.faq but no matter what 
>>I try it keeps on coming up with an ID PROM invalid message.
>>As host ID I have tried several different numbers as the 2nd 3rd and 4th 
>>but no luck at all. Always using 42 as the first number.
>
>The HostID is the hex representation of the serial number appended to the 
>end of the machine type (which is also a hex number). ...

He was having trouble because he miscalculated the IDPROM checksum.
Problem is resolved.

As always, you can get the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ from
http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-stuff.html
or from the monthly postings to comp.sys.sun.hardware/comp.sys.sun.admin/
comp.unix.solaris

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From: markh@wimsey.com (Mark C. Henderson)
Subject: Re: nvram sun 3/80
Date: 1996/06/24
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