Guess I was up too late, in the morning the fog cleared, I did a bit more googling and then it hit me. My mental model was that the fw_setenv is something in the OS, not on the uBoot image (in the NVRAM right?). Soooo, here is how I fixed it:
cd /usr/sbin
fw_setenv machid
I also got my net console back up by killing the previous session (which I thought died)
killall nc
then re ran the console sniffer: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,14,14
cd /usr/sbin
fw_setenv machid
I also got my net console back up by killing the previous session (which I thought died)
killall nc
then re ran the console sniffer: http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,14,14