On 5 February 2015 at 22:04, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
Well, I could be wrong but....
All good points, but:
If it's rebooted only occasionally, and it fails as described while you're there, replacing the battery, then simply setting the date/time at a prompt should be sufficient to get it to reboot and get an IP address etc.
You missed: If it's rebooted only occasionally, and it fails as described while I'm not there (and quite possibly not even on the same continent), then I can instruct someone to replace the battery and I can fix everything else remotely once I can get a remote connection, which is how I got stuck this time. In the event they sent the box back to me (as we didn't know what the problem was) but for future use I'd like to be able to help it get back on its feet a little easier.