[kaigan]

Hey, folks,

I'm working on getting IRIX installed on my Onyx2 and I'm running into two issues.

The first is that I'm not able to get a MAC address listed from either of my IO6Gs. (One wasn't working, so I tried the spare from my "dead" Onyx2. Same issue.) "printenv eaddr" returns no result. There don't appear to be any errors on startup related to the NICs, though, and both show full connectivity lights with an Ethernet cable connected. The system doesn't show up in my router's ARP table, nor can I ping it or ping from it. I noticed that the IO6G has an ST Microelectronics timekeeping battery on it. Given the age, I imagine both of them could have gone bad. Might that be my issue? If so, has anyone had to replace one of these and would you have a part number?

The second issue is that the system doesn't appear to be able to identify the hard drive I have installed. When the system walks the SCSI controllers, it comes back without any results. I've tried reseating the drive, placing it in multiple slots, and using another known-good drive of the same model. The drives I've tried are 300 GB Seagate drives and they work just fine with my Octane, O2, and Tezro. Would the Onyx2 have any additional limitations on drive capacities or types?

Thank you very much!