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Boot problems



Hi,

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?

After this I boot off the rescue floppy but get the following messages:

Uncompressing Image..
IDPROM: Unknown format type!
Program terminated.

and get dropped back to the SUN boot prompt.  Is this a problem with the
boot floppy or the hardware?

Thanks in advance,
-- 
simon

simon.ghent@meta4uk.com


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