[rescue] sparc sparcs

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Frank Van Damme wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think I have a slight problem with my sparcstation 2. Shut it down cleanly
> the day before yesterday but now I get a error message :
>
> The IDPROM contents are invalid
>
> Testing 64 megs of memory. Still to go 27 [counts down slowly]
>
> SBus slot 0 le sp dma
> SBus slot 1
> SBus slot 2
> SBus slot 3 cgsix
>
> Boot device: /sbis/le at 0,c00000 File and args:
> Internal loopback test --
> Did not receive expected loopback packet
> Can't open boot device
>
> Type b(boot), c (continue) or n (new command mode)
>
> It also shows the MAC adress of the onboard ethernet as ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
>
> wtf is going on here? Did a good box just come to a sudden death?

I believe your NVRAM battery might be toast.  You need a new one.

Peace...  Sridhar