Re: Newbie needs help: IDPROM checksum is incorrect

1999-05-23 Thread juziel 
On Sat, 22 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,
 
 can you give me some information about how can I install Linux
 on a SparcStation. I never used a SparcStation ( only x86 ) but I can
 handle with Linux, because my PCs runs with Linux.
 
 And now the story:
 
 I've got this week a
 
   SPARCstation IPC Type-4 Keyboard
   ROM Rev. 1.6 8 MB memory installed
   Serial # a serial number
   Ethernet adress ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
   HOST ID: 

Yeah... that looks like the battery on your IDPROM has gone kaput...
you'll have to buy a new one.  They generally seem to cost somewhere
in the $20-$40 US range (I'm not sure how that translates to DM or if
it's more expensive in .de ...)

Newbie needs help: IDPROM checksum is incorrect

1999-05-22 Thread siso 
Hi,

can you give me some information about how can I install Linux
on a SparcStation. I never used a SparcStation ( only x86 ) but I can
handle with Linux, because my PCs runs with Linux.

And now the story:

I've got this week a

SPARCstation IPC Type-4 Keyboard
ROM Rev. 1.6 8 MB memory installed
Serial # a serial number
Ethernet adress ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
HOST ID: 

This is what the Sparc says at boottime. I hope, it's enough
information. A 1 GB Seagate SCSI-I-HDD is now in the machine.

Then the message: The IDPROM checksum is incorrect comes.
The following checks passes the Sparc.
I can do something like: `floppy-eject`, `help check` and so on.
This said to me: the BIOS ( I hope it's the right word for it )
is ok. But the checksum is bad.

I got from RedHat-FTP some images for bootdisks and had make a `cat
image  /dev/fd0` with my x86-Linux.

Then I had make a `boot fd()` and SILO comes up.

This information comes on the screen:

SILO boot:

Uncompressing image...  
IDPROM: Unknown format type.
Program terminated.

I have no information and no plan how can I repair this checksum
error.

Can you give me a friendly RTFM info or other help?

Before I buy the complete RedHat-Package I want to certify, that the
system can be installed.

My plan is to boot from the discs and then to install over my
network via ftp ( I had make this sometimes with my x86-Linux ).



THANKs very much for your help and I'm so sorry for my english ;)


CU

Sirko