Re: Time quandry when dual boot with WinXP Pro
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:09:38AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm creating a preseed.cfg file for installing Debian 8.6 in a
> dual-boot enviroment with some version of MS Windows. There are two
> distinct use cases:
> 1. Two of my machines with WinXP Pro SP3
> 2. A remote (~1000 miles]friend with several machines - some with
> WinXP, others with
> Windows 10 or later.
Uh, oh. Microsoft and time handling. This won't end well :-/
[...]
> 3. Debian 8.6 w MATE installed from DVD 1 of 13 with aid of custom preseed.cfg
> _displays_ a time 5 hours earlier.
> The _display_ is independent of whether
> d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
> *OR*
> d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false
This observation alone suggests strongly that this installation
"thinks" it should use the UTC (or any equivalent) time zone
to fudge back its way from the hardware clock to the UTC.
What is the value of d-i time/zone?
regards
- -- tomás
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