Jeremy Parsons wrote:
> Hi, I just picked up a Sparcstation 1 from somewhere for free. I know
> it is pretty much a boat anchor but I still wanted to play around with
> it. Anyways, when I try to install Redhat 5.1 or 6.0 it gives me an
> error something to the sort of "IDPROM Unknown" or something like that.
> Is what I am trying impossible? If not what could be the cause of this
> problem? Also I have tried to install Solaris 1.1 and Solaris 2.4 and
> when trying to boot to those CD's It says that "the file is not
> bootable" Im not real sure on installing Solaris so maybe someone will
> have some tips for me there?
I am using a Sparcstation 1+ here... It was pretty much dead before it
met
me.
Most Sparc computers are declared dead because the built-in IDPROM aka
nvram
aka CMOS does not work anymore. It is battery-buffered and by the time
the
batteries get empty the Computer does not know the time it's hostid and
all that kind of things anymore.
http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
This document helped me to make my Sparc run again. I replaced the
broken
chip and put the correct values into it. (...and got a Forth
crash-course)
Perhaps it will help you make your Sparcstation run again.
Good luck
--
Raimund Jacob
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