Warning: this is actually an old post I had forgotten.
I decided to publish it as a thank you note to radrob, for the precious gift of an NVRAM chip for my smallest baby… :-)
If you’re interested in what an NVRAM/IDPROM chip is, this is the best resource on the ‘net, imho.
The chips came from here.
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SPARCstation IPX, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.9, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #16777215.
Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, Host ID: ffffffff.
WARNING: Unable to determine keyboard type
WARNING: TOD Oscillator NOT Running, Kickstart in Progress ... Incorrect configuration checksum
Setting diag-switch? NVRAM parameter to true
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SPARCstation IPX, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.9, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #0.
Ethernet address 0:0:0:0:0:0, Host ID: 00000000.
ok .idprom
Format/Type: 0 0 Ethernet: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date: 0 0 0 0
Serial: 0 0 0 Checksum: 1 Reserved: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ok 8 0 20 ba dd ec c0ffee mkpl [CTRL+D][CTRL+R]
ok .idprom
Format/Type: 1 57 Ethernet: 8 0 20 ba dd ec Date: 0 0 0 0
Serial: c0 ff ee Checksum: 24 Reserved: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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SPARCstation IPX, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.9, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #12648430.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:ba:dd:ec, Host ID: 57c0ffee.
ok boot disk1
Boot device: /sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@1,0 File and args:
>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.14
>> (root@amd, Sun Nov 21 12:38:27 CET 2004)
# uname -a
NetBSD ipx 2.0_RC5 NetBSD 2.0_RC5 (GENERIC) #1: Wed Nov 17 01:01:24 CET 2004
root@amd:/root/netbsd2/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/obj/GENERIC sparc
I know, it’s not a current version (cross compiled on linux or netbsd, I don’t remember), but good enough for this little beast. Whoknows if I can cross compile on OSX, too. Uhmm…
In other news, I upgraded WP to 2.3.1. 70-something days are enough after a major release, I hope.
*UPDATE* 20071206: Changed radrob site (newer, faster, better, updated!), added link to maxim-ic
