Reviving Suns when NVRAM dies (was UNIX on old-ish machines)

Saquinn624 at aol.com Saquinn624 at aol.com
Fri Apr 8 19:45:10 CDT 2005


Regarding resetting the NVRAM bits, especially the MAC number:
If it has a disk, dmesg is your friend (on SunOS anyway, too lazy to fire up 
the Solaris box). The MAC address is saved in the syslog each boot. I seem to 
recall that the Sun NVRAM FAQ doesn't point this out, but it saved me from 
having to "invent" a MAC on my IPX

-Scott Quinn


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