[SPARCbook] Help!

[Mike Nicewonger]

on 4/17/02 4:33 AM, glb at xenon22.freeserve.co.uk at
glb at xenon22.freeserve.co.uk wrote:

> I recently received a Tadpole Sparcbook 2, with some version of Solaris
> installed on it.  It no longer boots up, stopping with a message along the
> lines of "TOD clock not initialized check time/date".  I was wondering if it's
> possible to re-install it and what operating systems are compatible with a
> Sparcbook 2.
> 
The problem you are having is not software but hardware. The TOD or NVRAM
chip has died. Reinstalling the software will not fix this.

Mike N