On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:39:21 +0100 Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 04 January 2007 17:16, Francesco Poli wrote: > > But nothing asked me whether the hardware clock was in local time or > > UTC! > > It was silently assumed to be UTC, which, BTW, was I what I wanted > > it to be, but forgot to set accordingly in the BIOS configuration > > menu. > > It is asked in expert mode. For default installs, we have a smart > algorithm that determines the likely value. > Roughly: if the box also has Windows installed, local time is assumed; > if only Linux, UTC is assumed; in some cases the question is asked. > > If the time is incorrect after the boot, the user is expected to > either run 'date', or change the UTC setting in /etc/default/rcS. Ah, I see: I hope this is documented in the installation manual (I didn't check by myself). -- http://frx.netsons.org/progs/scripts/releas-o-meter.html Try our amazing Releas-o-meter! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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