Re: clock in /etc/init.d/boot ?

[Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@fnal.gov>]

On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Galen Hazelwood wrote:

> 
> >>
> >> Any ideas how to fix it?
> >>
> >
> >ln -s /sbin/hwclock /sbin/clock
> 
> Nope, that's not enough.  The behavior of the program has changed
> slightly.
> 
> "hwclock -a" (--adjust) only tweaks the RTC, it doesn't use the RTC to
> set the system time like it used to.  You need to invoke it as "hwclock
> --hctosys" to do that.  So hack /etc/init.d/boot as follows:
> 
> Before:
> #
> # Set and adjust the CMOS clock.
> #
> if [ ! -f /etc/adjtime ]
> then
>   echo "0.0 0 0.0" > /etc/adjtime
> fi
> clock -a $GMT
> 
> After:
> #
> # Set and adjust the CMOS clock.
> #
> if [ ! -f /etc/adjtime ]
> then
>   echo "0.0 0 0.0" > /etc/adjtime
> fi
> hwclock --adjust
> hwclock --hctosys $GMT

thanks - it did the job

cheers

OK


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