[rescue] Replacement NVRAM/clock for IPX, success + question

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

Not sure if relevant, but from memory I thought the system serial number on
the case related to the hostid (and hence ethernet)  in some way on these
older systems?

Peter
On 24 Sep 2015, at 06:35, Romain Dolbeau <romain at dolbeau.org> wrote:

> 2015-09-23 20:30 GMT+02:00 Steve Rikli <sr at genyosha.net>:
>
>>> Related question: is it possible to recover the original hostid/MAC from
>>> the barcode on the original chip?
>> In theory, yes:
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2001/09/04/0002.html
>>
>
> Thank you. There's some conflicting data in other posts, but it's good
> enough for my need.
>
>
>> Not that it matters much, as you say, since making something up is
>> fine; but "getting it right" did make me feel better.  :-)
>
>
> Exactly. Too bad the exact translation/database is lost to the sands of
> time.
> Somehow, I don't think calling Oracle would help :-(
>
> Cordially,
>
> --
> Romain Dolbeau
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