3 Jul
2003
3 Jul
'03
2:28 a.m.
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
I have a small problem with my home machine.
The Bios time does not seem to be getting updated with the system time.
If I set the time correctly all is fine until I reboot at which point the system time reverts to whatever the bios says it is. Naturally I could go into the bios and reset the time manually but I am interested to find out why it's not getting set by the OS.
Does anyone know how the Bios time is updated as the date -s command only seems to affect the system time.
Regards
Wayne
When the machine shuts down, it should execute a clock -w
Try that from the commandline. clock -r reads the system clock.
Sounds like your BIOS battery is dying if it's not storing the time though.
Chris
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