Re: [foxboro] NVRAM

Thanks a lot for your help.
The end of the story is that XWindows cound=B4t boot because the second =
video
card did=B4t exits (because the openboot did=B4t discovered it). All =
the
problems was caused because the video card was loosely inserted into =
its
slot.



Claudio A. Perez
Sr Control Systems Engineer
PROFERTIL S.A.

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> From:         duc.do@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx[SMTP:duc.do@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:         Jueves 11 de Julio de 2002 16:04
> To:   foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      Re: [foxboro] NVRAM
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> > Maybe I'm wrong, but after we replaced the NVRAM we want to have
> > the WP running without performing a Day 0 instalation.
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> No, you shouldn't have to. We have had to replace 3-4 NVRAM chips so =
far,
> all without any problem. Did you follow the procedures (B0193ND, =
Rev.H,
> chapter 10) when replacing the NVRAM?
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> Also, there's a generic FAQ regarding SUN NVRAM that might help. It's
> available on the web at:
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>     http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
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> Duc
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> Duc M. Do
> Dow Corning Corp.
> Carrollton Plant
> Carrollton, KY, US
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perez, Claudio [mailto:CPerez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:49 PM
> To: 'foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] NVRAM
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> I have a crt connected to the primary graphics adapter, (and another =
to
> the
> second one) but after booting, when Xwindows start, it can't find
> /dev/fb1.
> Reading into the OpenBoot configuration we have:
>       ...=3D09
>       /pci@1f,0/pci@1/SUNW,m64B@1
>       ...
> but in the WP that boots, we have
>       ...
>       /pci@1f,0/pci@1/SUNW,m64B@1
>       /pci@1f,0/pci@1/SUNW,m64B@2
>       ...
> So we think that Xwindows looks for the first video card and in the =
NVRAM
> it
> does't exist. The system boots and is posible to access it through a
> remote
> terminal.
> Maybe I'm wrong, but after we replaced the NVRAM we want to have the =
WP
> running without performing a Day 0 instalation.
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