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From: Bob Garnett <103517.207@compuserve.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.internals,comp.sys.sun.apps,alt.unix.wizards,can.sun-stroke,alt.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Dead Sparc 2
Date: 11 Apr 1996 10:27:18 GMT
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You might want to try holding L1 key and the N key down while
you power on the sparc2. This will force the NVRAM to be set to
factory defaults.
If the battery is dead the system should still boot up but you
should see an ethernet address of ff:ff:ff:ff:ff. and the date
will be wrong.
bob garnett
Sun Microsystems , SSE