13 Aug
2010
13 Aug
'10
11:57 a.m.
On 8/12/10 10:08 AM, dwight elvey wrote:
Do you think I could use the program adb with /dev/nvram?
Could I use it to display and or edit the nvram values?
If /dev/eeprom or /dev/nvram exists, you may be able to use that. Try
to dump the contents via that interface and see if it actually maps to
the hardware. You can try "od -x /dev/nvram" to do a hex dump.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Under SunOS, you can use the program called
"eeprom" to dump out most
of the important contents. As far as restoring it, I'm not sure about
that, as I don't know what ROM-based code the very early SPARCbooks use.
One way to do it might be to read it out using an EPROM programmer.
My Data I/O supports the MK48T02, for example.
I think I can read it with my programmer. At least with an adapter to make
it think it is a 2716.
I tried the "eeprom" and it didn't work :(
This must be before someon realized it was a good idea. Acording
to the history page I saw, the SparcBook was relatively early in
the history of things.