Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off
* Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> [2005 Oct 11 05:22 -0500]:
> > close :-)
> >
> > /etc/init.d# less hwclockfirst.sh
> > #!/bin/bash
> > # hwclockfirst.sh Set system clock to hardware clock, according to the
> > # UTC
> > # setting in /etc/default/rcS (see also rcS(5)).
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > # WARNING: If your hardware clock is not in UTC/GMT, this script
> > # must know the local time zone. This information is
> >
> > [..]
> >
> > # REMEMBER TO EDIT hwclock.sh AS WELL!
>
> Thanks Chris
>
> However, what the OP needed to do was 'not' set the system clock to the
> hardware clock; it seems to avoid time conflicts on multi-boot systems.
> During the install you're asked whether to set the system clock to the
> hardware clock. If you answer 'yes' it seems to screw around with the
> time between Windows (or MacOSX) and Debian.
>
> I was trying to suggest ways to reverse the 'yes' answer post install.
> If it's not in base-config, what's the easiest/most elegant way to do
> this?
The editor in Midnight Commander. :-)
- Nate >>
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