Re: IPX floppy boot problems
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? > 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 $23.12. It is socketed. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XDM and X not beggining
Worked. Thanks, Paulo Henrique Quoting Paul Vojta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:23:40 -0300 > > From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Cristian Prevedello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: XDM and X not beggining > > > > I have the following packages installed: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /dev$ dpkg -l | grep xfont > > ii xfonts-100dpi 3.3.3.1-3 100 dpi fonts for X > > ii xfonts-75dpi3.3.3.1-3 75 dpi fonts for X > > ii xfonts-base 3.3.3.1-3 standard fonts for X > > ii xfonts-pex 3.3.3.1-3 fonts for minimal PEX support in X > > ii xfonts-scalable 3.3.3.1-3 scalable fonts for X > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /dev$ dpkg -l | grep xserver > > ii xserver-common 3.3.2.3a-11files and utilities common to all X > > servers > > ii xserver-xsun3.3.2.3a-11X server for 8-bit Sun framebuffers > > ii xserver-xsun-mo 3.3.2.3a-11X server for monochrome Sun framebuffers > > ii xserver-xsun24 3.3.2.3a-11X server for 24-bit Sun framebuffers > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /dev$ > > Get the older xfonts-*_3.3.2.3a-*.deb packages from the stable tree and > install them (manually, if necessary). The newer xfonts-*-3.3.3.1-3 > packages require a utility /usr/sbin/update-fonts-alias, which is not > available for sparc yet. > > --Paul Vojta, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IPX floppy 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? 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? Thanks in advance, -- simon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
