Simon Ghent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've just started to setup Debian on a SPARCStation IPX that I've > liberated from work. I've previously installed Linux on PCs, but have > no experience with SUNs.
> On boot it fails the POST with the message 'Replace TOD/NVRAM' - I > assume this is the real time clock backup battery - if so is this > something that I can easily replace? > At the SUN boot prompt I insert the rescue floppy and SILO comes up. > I then get the boot: prompt, press enter and watch the propeller for > a while and get this message: > Uncompressing Image.. > IDPROM: Unknown format type! > Program terminated. > then I get dropped back to the SUN boot prompt. Is this a problem with > the > boot floppy or the hardware? > I'm awaiting delivery of the CD set - is this problem likely to reoccur > when booting from CD? > <This is a re-post of my message of 29/5/99, with a better subject line> A better subject would be "IDPROM/NVRAM problems". Read: http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html (the NVRAM/hostid FAQ). According to the FAQ, the chip you need costs between $16 and $23.12. It is socketed. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
