Re: Problem while trying to do net install on Sparcstation 10

[Jeff Wyman <wysoft@wysoft.tzo.com>]

Besides all possible cabling problems (try some known working patch cables
and check link lights on hub/switc/whatever, yak yak), has this machine
been without use for quite some time? Any problems with the NVRAM? 

I had a strange experience with a SparcStation 2 like this where I saw
every bit of evidence that the connection was fine, and even saw link
activity. Problem was the MAC address was a little strange (not broadcast,
I'm not exactly sure what was going on with it, but it wasn't valid) and I
had to reset it to a "valid" MAC address. 

See this link:

http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html#QUICK

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Justin Wojdacki wrote:

> 
> Machine Type: Sun Sparcstation 10
> Intended OS: OpenBSD 2.8
> Machine Name: bugzilla
> 
> I boot bugzilla from floppy (floppy28.fs from ftp.openbsd.org) with no
> problem and configure the disklabels for the internal disk. I then
> configure the network interface (le0). 
> 
> When I try to ping another machine on the same subnet from bugzilla, I
> get "ping: sendto: Host is down". Attempting to ping bugzilla from
> another machine on the same subnet, it appears that bugzilla isn't
> responding to ARP requests. 
> 
> What should I be checking? 
> 
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> Justin Wojdacki
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> Chiplogic Inc.
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