Desktop
while booting up we get a message called checking NVRAM..
i would like to know the the full form of NVRAM
by dmiles
NVRAM is a small 24 pin DIP integrated circuit that keeps various system parameters such as serial number,ethernet MAC address,HOSTID
The chip is divided into two parts.The upper part contains the battery and crystal bottom half is the IntegratedCircuit.
The battery and oscillator are piggy backed on the IC.Bdothe the parts are connected to each other via 4 wires
A 3 volt battery is needed to power the chip
Programming Guide
First decide what ethernet address you want to use,hostid address should begin with 8:00:20
set-defaults
setenv diag-switch?false
8 0 20 E3 E4 E5 H1H2H3 mkpl
Control-D
Control-R
by uner_53
by rapidad
in addition to the excellent first answer,
NON VOLITAL RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
used to store parameters for the bios/board/etc
by uner_53
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