[rescue] do i really need an NVRAM?

[Frank Van Damme]

On Saturday 22 February 2003 05:49, Scott Newell wrote:
> Nope.  I've brought several of my machines up multiple times with dead
> nvrams.  One trick I learned: make a file with the forth commands to set
> the environment variables, hostid, checksum, and boot settings.  Then when
> you do cold boot the machine, simply cut-n-paste the saved commands into
> your terminal window and away you go.
>
> Or just replace the nvram battery...
>
> Hmmm...I've never tried running _without_ a nvram...wonder what happens.

My ss2 doesn't boot from hd since the nvram died.

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Frank Van Damme
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