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? 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> Thanks in advance, -- simon [EMAIL PROTECTED]