Re: How To determine the date the system & packages were installed.
On 2010-01-30, Jochen Schulz <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote:
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> Mike Iowa:
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>> 2. I would also like to be able to look at (any) Debian or Debian-based
>> system and tell when the operating system was originally installed.
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> A good hint might be the creation date of your root filesystem:
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> $ sudo tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep created
> Filesystem created: Mon Jul 6 09:01:20 2009
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> (Hm, did I really install this system on a Monday at 9 o'clock in the
> morning? Must have been on vacation.)
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It sounds good, but when I run this command on my notebook, it says:
Filesystem created: Thu Feb 19 05:38:52 2009
I can't believe it's 5:38 in the morning when I installed my system.
Jeffrey
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