Re: Change NVRAM/hostid possibilities

From: Dr. David Kirkby (drkirkby_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 13:17:29 +0100

Nunz65 wrote:
>
> >There are software solutions around, but I've know a couple of people
> >try them without success
>
> Thanks for the link to the FAQ. That was very helpful. However, if I am
> currently on a sun sparc 20 (machine type 72), do you think it would be
> possible to move to an Ultra 1 or higher (machine type 80)? I am looking to
> have a backup machine which would also be an upgrade to the SS20. Someone
> mentioned replacing the library routine that is called with one that would
> return the correct hostid string to be able to use the node-locked software on
> the new machine. Do you know where I can find more info on this option?
> Thanks, Mike.

I thought the faq I gave you did. If not I think its a program called
'hid'. But I'm not sure how useful it is, since I think much software is
not easily fooled.

As the other person said, perhaps just ask for a new key. I did that
with Mathematica when we moved it from an old SS4 to an Ultra 5. Despite
there was no maintenance agreement and the software was very old,
Wolfram Research moved the software. 

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