Sorry, already deleted the original posting: > "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?
man hwclock would indicate that --epoch=10 is called for. Hey, give yourself another twenty years with 1980! You could put this parameter into /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
