You wrote:
> ok boot floppy
> Boot device: /fd File and args:
> SILO boot:
> Uncompressing image...
> IDPROM: Unknown format type!
> Program terminated
> ok
>
>Anybody got a clue for me as to what to do next?
>What the heck is an IDPROM anyway? My best WAG (wild-ass-guess)
>is that there's some config info supposed to be stored in the
>IPC somewhere (a battery backed RAM or EEPROM?) and that chip
>ain't workin' properly.
Right! Look at http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html for
info. I've got the same problem: an empty battery in the IDPROM chip...
Bye
Joerg
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