[X4U] How much can it cost

[David Ledger]

>From: n <netkat at comcast.net>
>On May 30, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Ed Gould wrote:
>>  I guess I differ. It basically comes down to me if the clock doesn't
>>  work then the system shouldn't "work".
>are you saying that this clock can not work unless the PRAM battery is
>present and adequately charged, and that it is not possible to have the
>computer boot, bad clock and all and to use a mouse and keyboard to
>correct the clock?
>or are you saying that the computer can not, in any way, function,
>without that PRAM battery? IOW: No pram battery = no mac computer?
>cuz, for my money, if it was the choice of gettin stuff done (or not)
>and all I had to do was adjust the clock...

The PRAM battery supports more than the clock - it supports the PRAM 
(as its name implies). One of the things the PRAM holds is the id of 
the boot device. No boot device = can't boot.

Now we have more boot options, including booting Windows, I would 
imagine it needs rather more to be saved than previously, so a 'wild 
guess' is no longer possible.

David


-- 
David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK.
HP-UX specialist of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk)
david.ledger at ivdcs.co.uk
www.ivdcs.co.uk