Indy netboot problems
Hello all,
Sorry to bother you if this is a routine question, but I read the FAQ, and therein lies my problem.
I'm trying to make an Indy netboot, but I'm not too familiar with the new monitor (let's just say that I knew sifex much better...Anyone remember the IRIS 3130s?). I need a way to correct the HW address, since it appears to be set to '0:0:FF:FF:0:0', and it is complaining about it.
Is there any other way to change nvram settings except through the setenv/printenv commands?
I hope to be contributing to this project soon, but I'm off to a fairly rocky start ;-)
Thanks in advance,
--Charles Lepple, <[email protected]>
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Quoted 11 lines · Charles Lepple
Hello all,
Sorry to bother you if this is a routine question, but I read the FAQ, and therein lies my problem.I'm trying to make an Indy netboot, but I'm not too familiar with the new monitor (let's just say that I knew sifex much better...Anyone remember the IRIS 3130s?). I need a way to correct the HW address, since it appears to be set to '0:0:FF:FF:0:0', and it is complaining about it.
Is there any other way to change nvram settings except through the setenv/printenv commands?
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"setenv -p xxx yyy" will set xxx permanently (in NVRAM) to yyy. Without
the "-p", it just sets xxx in the environment in memory. For the hardware address ("eaddr"), however, you cannot readily change it, as it is the system serial number as well as the MAC address. I don't know any easy way for it have been corrupted; it would normally be fixed by field service.
Quoted 5 lines · Charles Lepple
Hello all,
Sorry to bother you if this is a routine question, but I read the FAQ, and therein lies my problem.
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I'm trying to make an Indy netboot, but I'm not too familiar with the new monitor (let's just say that I knew sifex much better...Anyone remember the IRIS 3130s?). I need a way to correct the HW address, since it appears to be set to '0:0:FF:FF:0:0', and it is complaining about it.
Is there any other way to change nvram settings except through the setenv/printenv commands?
You can not change this with setenv. If it is '0:0:FF:FF:0:0' there is a fault and you need to get the motherboard replaced. It is probably the 'Dallas Chip' that is the problem. I have twice seen where a pin gets bent on this and it returns funny MAC adresses....so if you have some hardware knowledge it may be worth checking that it is seated correctly and the pins are not bent.
Cheers, Alistair
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