Re: system clock workaround
"Owen G. Emry" wrote:
>
> My firewall machine (a trusty old 486 DX4) has a bios that doesn't like the
> year 2000. It isn't a major problem but several things (e.g. make)
> complain, so is there an easy workaround?
>
> I assume I can just set the real-time clock to, say, 1990, and have the
> internal clock set itself to the RTC + ten years on bootup. What do I have
> to change to accomplish this, or is there a better solution altogether?
>
> Thanks greatly,
>
> oge
>
> --
Quite a few 486'ers need a bios-upgrade to do y2k. Solved it
on my Award-based specimen...
hth
Vitux
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