[SPARCbook] SPARCBook2: TOD clock not initialized

[Matthias Granberry]

Have you considered running ntpdate or netdate in your boot scripts to
just fetch the time during boot?

biscjohn at locutus.isu.edu writes:

> Sunos 4.1.3, ROM Monitor 1.4.
>
> The computer fires up to Monitor, can't find the default OS, so goes into
> the boot menu.  I select "boot default file", which boots SunOS 4.1.3, and
> then I get WARNING: TOD clock not initialized, CHECK AND RESET THE DATE
>
> Presumably, this is the Y2K issue.  My questions are: 1) is there a
> Monitor patch/workaround to resolve this?  2) if not, can an alternate OS
> resolve this (linux, netbsd, whatever: I'm happy in anything that gets the
> computer up at this point) 3) once the TOD issue gets resolved, is there a
> chance at getting a usable Solaris on it (2.5 or 2.6 if necessary, 7+ is
> ideal)
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Matthias Granberry
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