BOOTUP ERROR

[glovato]

HELP,
I purchased a 2nd hand Sun Sparc station with Linux Solaris as it's Operating System and everytime I bootup my Workstation the following error message is spawned;
IDPROM contents is invalid
Power on self-test failed.....Replace TOD/VVRAM
Testing 24 Megs of memory.
Sbus slot 0 le esp dma
" " 1
" " 2
" " 3 cgis

Tybe b(boot) c(continue), n(new command mode)
By selecting any of the above options lead me back to the same question as the previous line.

N.B: What is TOD/VRAM exactly??/

 

[FarahRegal]

System configuration parameters are stored in the non-volatile RAM(NVRAM) otherwise known as EEPROM. These parameters determines the initial configuration and related communication characteristics of the system to and retain their value even if the power to the system is shut off.

to Ok. prompt, choose new command option, if it is not working try Stop-A. Use of the boot command option to observe system boot processes.
oK. boot -r, this option creates entries in /DEvices and /DEV and updates /etc/path_to_inst file
In command line you can use #. reboot -- -r. it is same as in ok(boot -r)
Ok. try boot -v detailed start up message.

Stop-n this resets NVRAM variables to their default settings if system can't boot bad variables.

Ok set-defaults sets the original machine default values.

I had never seen just thing before TOD/VRAM.

GOOD LUCK

F. Regal