FOLLOWUP on IDPROM Invalid

2007-12-25 9:38:00

Okay. I was able to get a new chip, plug it in,

and I got the address and host ID programmed.

All looked well on re-boot. However, the problem

now is the disk drive. I can't seem to get any

drive to work in the system. I booted the Solaris

2.5 CD, canceled the install, got to the command

prompt and formatted/partitioned the first drive.

Seemed to work okay, until I restarted the install.

Then I got all sorts of errors about timeouts,

retrys, failures, bad sectors etc. This happened

with three different drives. Do I have a bad

SCSI controller? Or is there something I'm

missing when I replaced the IDPROM chip?

Many thanks for your help.

Many thanks for the very quick reply. Saved me

from wasting a lot of time. The problem is of

course the NVRAM battery has died. I need to

get a new chip. Petri Kallberg was the first one

to respond with the very good pointer to

which had the info I needed. Thanks also to

Bismark Espinoza and Stephen Wolthusen.

Original question follows:

Hello Sunners:

During a big inventory search here I discovered

a Sparc II, that had been stuck back on a shelf

in a trailer, for probably several years. I have

need of a Sparc II, so I pulled it out and plugged

it in. However, I get the immediate message that

IDProm contents are invalid.

The ROM Rev is 2.2, and it has 32M of memory

in it. It seems to be trying to boot off the

network.

Is there something I can do to fix this thing? Or

does it need factory work?

Thanks Much.

Bob White

Bechtel Nevada

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