From: S.A. Birl (sbirl@temple.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 03 2004 - 15:30:49 EST
Hello all:
Recently acquired a Sparc IPC that used to be part of a NIS/YP
client-server environment.
When I boot, the machine tries to constantly connect to the NIS server,
which no longer exists.
Hitting ENTER/RETURN does not get me a login prompt.
STOP-A will get me the chevron (eeprom) but Im virtually helpless at that
point: help returns "There's no help for the weary"
So my question is two-fold
1) How do I erase the eeprom?
I assume that a previous admin mucked with it.
2) How do I get a login prompt without having to format the disk?
And one last question:
Where can I find some good docs about a Sparc IPC?
docs.sun.com and Google werent much help.
Thanks. Will summarize.
Scott Birl
Senior Systems Administrator Computer Services Temple University
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