[MetalLevel]

I have an Indigo with a dead battery.
I replaced the battery and was able to enter the Command Monitor.
When I type 'date' it says  'Command not found'

How do I set the date from here?

Here is a log of the console:

>> date
date: Command not found.
>> hinv
              Memory size: 16 Mbytes
  Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
          Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
            System option: Audio processor, revision 3
                SCSI Disk: dksc(0,1)
                CPU board: IP12 33 MHz, with FPU
>> date
date: Command not found.
>> help
Commands:
autoboot:      auto
boot:          boot [-f FILE] [-n] [ARGS]
eaddr:          eaddr
exit:          exit
help:          help or ? [COMMAND]
initialize:    init
inventory:      hinv [-v]
list files:    ls DEVICE
passwd:        passwd
printenv:      printenv [ENV_VAR_LIST]
resetenv:      resetenv
resetpw:        resetpw
setenv:        setenv ENV_VAR STRING
single user:    single
unsetenv:      unsetenv ENV_VAR
version:        version
>> version
PROM Monitor SGI Version 4.0.1 Rev D LG1/GR2,  Mar 24, 1992

[Raion]

Hi there,

I'm not familiar with the Indigo specifically, but if you type "printenv" what shows up?

If it shows a variable for the date, you set it via setenv

The PROM isn't UNIX after all, don't expect much from it.

[weblacky]

I didn't think the PROMs could do any date/time functions, because they don't care about time. If you want to solve the chicken/egg problem when installing the OS with an incorrect date, I'd say once you boot to miniroot and get to INST.

Do this:

Inst> admin date mmddhhmmccyy
You can display the date again with this command:
Inst> admin date

Info was gotten from here: http://rsusu1.rnd.runnet.ru/sgi/install/...stallation

date command from admin is supposed to be same as man date(1), so I added the century "cc" to the above command as that SHOULD work...

Thanks.