On Mon, 08 Nov, 1999 à 08:19:23PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >>>>>> "LP" == Laurent PICOULEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LP> For your BIOS : simply set your CMOS clock to the GMT time : > > > >I am being a bit daft but do you mean that I should go into my BIOS and > >change the time to whatever the equivalent GMT time is ? There doesn't > >seem to be any option in the BIOS that explicitly sets/specifies GMT > >time. The only option in my system's BIOS related to time is : > > > > Standard CMOS Setup -> {Date, Time} > > Thats what the poster wanted you to change. > > However, I myself would do the following: > > 1. With computer booted, edit /etc/default/rcS and sent GMT as required: > > >Here is the relevant setting from my /etc/default/rcS: > > > ># Set GMT="-u" if your system clock is set to GMT, and GMT="" if not. > >GMT="" > > (I think this has changed for potato). > > 2. Now updated you CMOS clock by typing in: > > /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
Here's why I won't do that in this way : this script relies on the command "hwclock --systohc" (with --utc if needed). This command set the CMOS clock to the same value that the kernel clock wich is the desired effect. *But* there's a side effect : the drift value in /etc/adjtime is recomputed and as your CMOS clock would have change of a few hours in a few minutes (if you do theses manipulations shortly after booting) it would be a huge value. On next reboot, if this value is left untouched, you'll get a time-travel machine : each time you reboot your computer, the clock goes backward in the past. Oh cool : no more Y2k problem ;-) > (really dumb idiotic off-topic question - is it possible to setup > Windoze so that it will work when the CMOS clock is GMT? My guess: Of > course not!) Only one solution to my knowledge : live in a country where local time is GMT. (Where do you want to go today ? >;-> ) -- ( >- Laurent PICOULEAU -< ) /~\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ | \) Linux : mettez un pingouin dans votre ordinateur ! (/ | \_|_ Seuls ceux qui ne l'utilisent pas en disent du mal. _|_/