---In message <Pine.GSO.4.44L.01.0210311028030.8330-100000@solaris1.gl.umbc.edu>
>> Tim Champ <champ@umbc.edu> writes:
>> > Hello, first off, as this is my first email to the list.
>> >
>> > My question is: Is there a way to change the prom time on a Sparc LX(or
>> > similar)?  I've been an Admin for 3 years now, but have never needed to do
>> > this.  Can't find anything on google.  Want to put NetBSD 1.6 on the box,
>> > but the system time is WAY off.
>>
>> The normal programs for setting the date set the time in the battery
>> backed up clock as well as that in the internal system clock.
>
>So, to make sure I understand completely, if I set it from the OS with
>date or such, it will modify the prom.

Yes, that is correct.

>I get this feeling, then, that my battery might be dead on the board.

http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

 --johan