[H-GEN] Sparc Crashes

[Michael Anthon]

I just fired up one of my Sun IPCs that has been sitting on the floor for a
while and it has this problem.  Someone pointed me at a REALLY handy page (
http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html )that tells you
how to reprogram it so there is no need to pay Sun Ripened Kernels $50
(+postage) chip.

I also ust looked up Farnell's site, they want $41.22 for one !!!  Oh well,
will have to see if I can cadge one from somewhere 

Regards
Michael Anthon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Campbell [mailto:bc at thehub.com.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 January 1999 8:24
> To: general at humbug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Sparc Crashes
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Frank Brand wrote:
> 
> > Has anybody using the Sparc IPC's ever suffered a total 
> crash with the
> > machine not working? I suspect this might be caused by the 
> CMOS battery
> > dying. It is unlikely that just replacing the battery will fix the
> > problem.
> 
> Its a little chip which holds the config details which does the dying.
> You can contact Sun Ripened Kernels to get a new chip, or punch in the
> details each time the dead(?) machine is powered on.
> 
> > I believe that it is necessary to :-
> > 
> > 1. Know the config details first.
> 
> If you have a Sun machine, and haven't retrieved these details, its a
> really, really good idea.  Stop+A and then 'n'ew command mode 
> will put you
> in a place where you can 'printenv' (that works on the ELCs)
> 
> > Can somebody confirm this procedure and the command for 
> determining the
> > configuration before the thing falls over. I think the 
> command is "icom"
> > or "ipcom" or something akin to this.
> 
> Not sure about the specifics on the IPCs, but reading through
> aus.computers.sun would be a good bet.  It has come up on 
> Humbug before
> though.
> 
> --==--
> Bruce.
>