Re: Laptop clock is localtime, system time is off

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (10/10/05 11:57), Mitja Podreka wrote:
> Nate Bargmann wrote:
> 
> >I use a laptop that multiboots with XP and I just set up a second hard
> >disk for it with Sid installed.  As a result, the hardware clock is set
> >to local time and I can't seem to change Sid's mind on this.
> > 
> >
> How often do you use XP? I also have a dual boot, and my time and date 
> is always messed up when I come back to Debian.
> I didn't try to fix this, since it is XP problem and not Debian. One 
> solution I guess is not use XP :-)

I can't recall the exact detail but during the install you're asked
whether to use the H/W clock for determining the time.  If you answer
yes it can lead to conflicts on multi-boot systems.  I now always answer
'no' and booting between XP and other linux systems on the box doesn't
screw up the time.

rerun base-config to reset

Regards

Clive


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