G'day, Sounds like your IDProm battery is dead, you can replace the chip, or rewrite its contents every time you boot.
Do a search on the IDProm Howto on the web. Best Regards, Peter Firmstone. On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, [iso-8859-1] Iñaki Martínez wrote: > Hi!!!! > > I am newbie...... in Sparc World > > I installed slink.... then .... upgraded to potato.... and all OK.... > > Well..... > > Since several days ago, suddently, my sparc doesn't boot..... :-( > > This is the problem: > > * Switch on the computer...... > * several checks are made.... > * this text is printed: > > The IDPROM contents are invalid > > * the prompt appear and a type: > > > boot sd() > > Boot device: /sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],800000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 > > * boot starts: > > SOLO prompt: > Uncompressing... > > * Error again: > > IDPROM: Unknown format type > program terminated > OK > > > What can i do??????? > > Is there any solution?????? > > Thanks in advance...... > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
