Re: Setting the clock
> Sorry if this thread's getting a little long, but for the price of the > chip and ease of fitting I wouldn't suggest it's worth the effort. > > Then again, if you're the sort of person who's trying to set up Linux on > a Sparc... If your machine is on a network, consider using xntp3 to keep its time set correctly. (My SPARCstation 2 uses NTP to set its time from another Debian machine. On that machine I had to edit /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh to stop it from running hwclock --systohc at shutdown. I don't think the default should be to run hwclock --systohc except where the system clock is known to be set accurately ... (By the way, If anyone knows how to get xntpd to use a non-priviledged port for its queries, please tell me. I would like to be able to query through a firewall ... (But this is off-topic here ...)))
Re: Setting the clock
Sorry if this thread's getting a little long, but for the price of the chip and ease of fitting I wouldn't suggest it's worth the effort. Then again, if you're the sort of person who's trying to set up Linux on a Sparc... -Original Message- From: Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 June 1999 13:16 To: Debian Sparc (E-mail) Subject: Re: Setting the clock I dunno if that FAQ talks about this but its also a fixable chip if the battery is gone. The batter is enclosed in a little plastic case that covers the batter+chip which are soldered together. I have a co-worker who fixed a SUN I gave hium by cutting open that plastic case and soldering a new battery to it. -Steve On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:17:39AM +0100, Simon Ghent wrote: > It's not soldered onto the board, it's on an easily removable & > replaceable chip. Take a look at > http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html for more > info. > > cheers > ~~ > simon > > > -Original Message- > From: Joseph Tam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 June 1999 18:28 > To: Simon Ghent > Subject: Re: Setting the clock > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Simon Ghent wrote: > > > I've replaced the NVRAM in my IPX and it's clock is now somewhere in > the > > sixties! > > > > Can I set it via a command in SUN OpenBoot, or do I have to do it > during > > installation? > > I have a problem with my IPX not remembering where to boot from. I > suspect it's the NVRAM or more likely, the battery. I was told that the > battery is soldered directly onto the board. Can you verify this? > > Joseph Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ Katz' Law: Men and nations will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting the clock
I dunno if that FAQ talks about this but its also a fixable chip if the battery is gone. The batter is enclosed in a little plastic case that covers the batter+chip which are soldered together. I have a co-worker who fixed a SUN I gave hium by cutting open that plastic case and soldering a new battery to it. -Steve On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:17:39AM +0100, Simon Ghent wrote: > It's not soldered onto the board, it's on an easily removable & > replaceable chip. Take a look at > http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html for more > info. > > cheers > ~~ > simon > > > -Original Message- > From: Joseph Tam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 June 1999 18:28 > To: Simon Ghent > Subject: Re: Setting the clock > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Simon Ghent wrote: > > > I've replaced the NVRAM in my IPX and it's clock is now somewhere in > the > > sixties! > > > > Can I set it via a command in SUN OpenBoot, or do I have to do it > during > > installation? > > I have a problem with my IPX not remembering where to boot from. I > suspect it's the NVRAM or more likely, the battery. I was told that the > battery is soldered directly onto the board. Can you verify this? > > Joseph Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> */ Katz' Law: Men and nations will act rationally when all other possibilities have been exhausted.
RE: Setting the clock
It's not soldered onto the board, it's on an easily removable & replaceable chip. Take a look at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html for more info. cheers ~~ simon -Original Message- From: Joseph Tam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 June 1999 18:28 To: Simon Ghent Subject: Re: Setting the clock On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Simon Ghent wrote: > I've replaced the NVRAM in my IPX and it's clock is now somewhere in the > sixties! > > Can I set it via a command in SUN OpenBoot, or do I have to do it during > installation? I have a problem with my IPX not remembering where to boot from. I suspect it's the NVRAM or more likely, the battery. I was told that the battery is soldered directly onto the board. Can you verify this? Joseph Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
