Sparcstation
sparcstation 5
- if it keeps trying to boot from network, try pressing STOP and A at the same time, and to fix that maybe "setenv boot-device disk" and "setenv tpe-link-test? false" and then "nvstore"
- at "ok" prompt, type
boot disk
root
sudo*room
- once its booted up, open a terminal and type
bash # this gives you a reasonable shell, with tab autocomplete and other important functionality
ifconfig le0 plumb
ifconfig le0 up
ifconfig le0 100.64.64.37/22
route add default 100.64.64.1
- but even with the following in /etc/resolv.conf it can't resolve domain names, HOWEVER nslookup works:
domain jackpumpkin
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
- lol when i went to Netscape and tried to visit
http://172.217.164.110it said "Netscape is unable to locate the server www.google.com. Please check the server name and try again."
maybe this will help make these settings automatic?
echo jackpumpkin > /etc/hostname.leo
had to do this because the eeprom battery was dead
- how to configure mac address which was written using information from amdprophet's notes & http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html
- then after that, it didn't come up to the "ok" prompt anymore so I had to