Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:44:51 -0800 (PST) | From | Sujit Vaidya <> | Subject | Re: "Clock Skew detected error" |
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Hi Tim, I observed that my 486 boots with an arbitrary date. But i have modified the date command in the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file. So that each time I supply it the current date. And I am using the PC on a separate LAN of three PC's. So I think it won't affect my regular experiments. I will try it out.
Thanks
SUJIT --- TimO <hairballmt@mcn.net> wrote: > Heh, my old 486 has a similar problem. If your > machine boots with > 'arbitrary' or lagging dates, then your cmos battery > is probably going dead > and needs replacement. After that is corrected and > your machine always > boots with the year '1994' after setting it to > 2000(as mine does); you need > to set the cmos clock to '1972' (has the same days > as 2000) and add the > line: > > date --set='+28 years' > > to your init scripts. This will make your 486 > 'usable' under Linux/GNU for > another 27 years. But, then, YMMV. ;-) > > I had just left it at '1994' but it isn't a leap > year and as such will fail > after Feb 28. Unfortunately, if you dual boot with > Microsoft, there is no > way (that I know of) to obtain equivalent results. > Setting the time with > Microsoft will also reset the cmos clock and result > in bogus time again. > If you have a 'flash' bios, you may also check to > see if there is an update > available which corrects the problem. > > --- Tim > > Sujit Vaidya wrote: > > > > Hi Borek, > > Thanks for your guidence. When i use the > date > > and the hwclock commands the dates change. But > when i > > reboot the machine it takes some arbitrary date. > > THis time it said at boot time > > System Clock: 21 Jul 07:20 EDT 1992 > > Any pointers.. > > > > THanks > > > > SUJIT VAIDYA > > > > --- Borek Lupomesky <Borek.Lupomesky@ujep.cz> > wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Sujit Vaidya wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Borek, > > > > It might be a trivial question, but i > > > would > > > > appreciate if you could guide me with regards > to > > > "HOW > > > > TO SET THE REAL TIME CLOCK" > > > > I changed the date on my machine using > the > > > > date command. And the kernel compiles fine. > But > > > when i > > > > boot the system it again shows > > > > system clock set to JAN **, 1994. > > > > > > Using the date(1) command: > > > > > > date --set="Jan 25 7:24" > > > > > > Then you should write the system clock to > your > > > CMOS (backup) clock > > > using: > > > > > > hwclock --systohc > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
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