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* The NVRAM chip's battery has been replaced similar to [https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/s/J1PLS9AZNU the image in this reddit post] | |||
* if it keeps trying to boot from network, try pressing STOP and A at the same time, and to fix that, at the "ok" prompt type [https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2436891-timeout-waiting-for-arp-rarp-on-booting "setenv boot-device disk"] and "setenv diag-device disk" and "setenv tpe-link-test? false" and then "nvstore" | * if it keeps trying to boot from network, try pressing STOP and A at the same time, and to fix that, at the "ok" prompt type [https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2436891-timeout-waiting-for-arp-rarp-on-booting "setenv boot-device disk"] and "setenv diag-device disk" and "setenv tpe-link-test? false" and then "nvstore" | ||
* at "ok" prompt, type | * at "ok" prompt, type | ||
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=== had to do this because the eeprom battery was dead === | === had to do this because the eeprom battery was dead === | ||
* [https://gist.github.com/amdprophet/e010803d581d676003a90ba36da8a269 how to configure mac address] which was written using information from amdprophet's notes & [http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html] | * [https://gist.github.com/amdprophet/e010803d581d676003a90ba36da8a269 how to configure mac address] which was written using information from amdprophet's notes & [http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html http://www.obsolyte.com/sunFAQ/faq_nvram.html] | ||
* The actual last three bytes of the MAC address are on a sticker on the NVRAM chip and should be entered in the above instructions, both places in the instructions above must match! | |||
* then after that, it didn't come up to the "ok" prompt anymore so I had to | * then after that, it didn't come up to the "ok" prompt anymore so I had to | ||
[https://www.unixguide.net/sun/faq/5.49.shtml press STOP and A keys at the same time to interrupt boot] | [https://www.unixguide.net/sun/faq/5.49.shtml press STOP and A keys at the same time to interrupt boot] | ||