24 Sep
2023
24 Sep
'23
11:56 a.m.
Yes, but usually that process does only reset the boot flags described in in the maunal,
it does not reset the hardware relevant stuff like the hostID and MAC (those are lost in
the Sparc Stations when the NVRAM is pulled or completely empty). But of course one can
not be entirely sure - I ordered a "new" NVRAM for the UltraBookII just in case
it did not like getting pulled and the battery attached.
Upon reading the NVRAM withoug pullig it and using a hardware reader device: I guess that
with the peek commands (see OpenFirmware guide,
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19457-01/801-7042/801-7042.pdf) one can read the NVRAM
contents. Of course no idea how to find the memory address where it is located. The adress
space is huge compared to the 8k of the NVRAM...