3 Jul
2003
3 Jul
'03
10:45 a.m.
On 03-Jul-2003 Richard Kettlewell wrote:
Chris Glover chris@glovercc.clara.co.uk writes:
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.
Use NTP and (almost..) never care about the BIOS clock again...
... but if the BIOS clock is a long way out NTP will refuse to reset the system time. You have to be within an hour or so of the correct time to start with.
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