Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Mar 2001 11:35:31 +0100 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Wrong data [was Re: Incorrect module init message..] |
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On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 01:49:41AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > > No, Pavel's clock is fine AFAIK. The message was sent in > > January. However, it was just received AGAIN today. I don't > > Unfortunately, my clock is b0rken. This damn little machine just does > not have ability to retain time across reboot. [For booting, I need > winCE. WinCE will crash upon boot if something unexpected (like linux) > is in memory. Therefore I need to remove main battery for reboot :-(.] > > It even does not have ability to retain time correctly during powersave > mode, but that could be solved. > > Before someone says "NTP", this machine is usually not connected anywhere -- > it comunicates via ATA flash. Maybe I could scan flash for newest timestamp > and use that for date...
On a similar system I use a little trick so the time is at least always increasing:
- touch the file /etc/timestamp just before the system shuts down - on bootup I set the time with: CURRENTTIME=date -r /etc/timestamp date -s "$CURRENTTIME"
Erik
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