You guys amaze me........... Where else can a person get this kind of support for a free OS? NOWHERE!!! You guys (and Gals) all RULE!! thanks a bunch!!! Don Dupy Systems Administrator Maxxrad PC Services http://www.maxxrad.net email: fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx On Sat, 29 May 2004, Andre Costa wrote: > On Sat, 29 May 2004 10:44:59 -0700 > "Mike McMullen" <mlm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > IIRC, if you don't set hardware clock afterwards, new time won't > > > "stick" after a reboot. I guess you should use > > > > > > hwclock --hctosys > > > > > > after the 'date' command. hwclock can also set the date/time > > > directly, check its manpage. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Andre > > > > > > PS: UTC/localtime might also be an issue if you're running a > > > dual-boot machine, because settings for one OS might differ from the > > > other. > > > > > Maybe it's hardware specific but when I reboot or shutdown one of the > > last messages displayed is something like "saving time to system > > clock". > > > > Using date hasn't been an issue for me. > > > > Mike > > You're right, just checked: hwclock is automatically called by > /etc/init.d/halt: > > runcmd $"Syncing hardware clock to system time" /sbin/hwclock > $CLOCKFLAGS > > Sorry for the noise =} (haven't dealt with that in a long time...) > > Best, > > Andre > > -- > Andre Oliveira da Costa > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
