Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-21 Thread Jamie Gavahan
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:58, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2012/02/21 19:25, Aaron Mason wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: >> >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. >> >> If completely switched off (take th

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-21 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012/02/21 19:25, Aaron Mason wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Stuart Henderson > wrote: > > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: > >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. > >> If completely switched off (take the power cord out), > >> the message appears on the next boo

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-21 Thread Aaron Mason
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. >> If completely switched off (take the power cord out), >> the message appears on the next boot. On subsequent soft >> reboots (without taking the

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/20/12 14:07, Francesco Cardi wrote: > I upgraded the ram is 32m now, I want to use OpenBSD on this machine. > So should I change the little watch battery? this is not really an OpenBSD issue, but rather, "PC 101". First, the very basic troubleshooting part: does the additional RAM permit a

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Francesco Cardi
I upgraded the ram is 32m now, I want to use OpenBSD on this machine. So should I change the little watch battery? -- Cardi Francesco alias Il Parente Free Software activist Diaspora*: https://joindiaspora.com/u/ilparente Identi.ca: https://identi.ca/cardifrancesco Jabber: ilpare...@jabber.org

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-02-20, Francesco Cardi wrote: >> I was responding to a followup mail, not directly about your problem > > ah ok ;) > > >>> The problem that is annoying the bios, maybe >> >> Normally the 'CHECK AND RESET THE DATE' message is non-fatal >> and only prints once. >> >> Did you read Nick's mess

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/20/12 05:03, Francesco Cardi wrote: > Unfortunately there is no way forward is blocked at that time, in > moemnto where there is loading and the first phase of installation. > 16 mb ram does not go well with OpenBSD? well, you don't describe what you want to do with the machine, but if the g

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Francesco Cardi
> Eh, that's exactly what I described in the mail. > > Anyway, the OP has a problem with this error message > appearing over and over durin an installation. correct, but with the upgrade of ram this problem is resolved or is only a problem to the battery? -- Cardi Francesco alias Il Parente F

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Jan Stary
On Feb 20 07:38:47, Carson Chittom wrote: > Stuart Henderson writes: > > > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: > >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. > >> If completely switched off (take the power cord out), > >> the message appears on the next boot. On subsequent soft > >> rebo

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Carson Chittom
Stuart Henderson writes: > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. >> If completely switched off (take the power cord out), >> the message appears on the next boot. On subsequent soft >> reboots (without taking the power cord out) the message >> d

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Francesco Cardi
> I was responding to a followup mail, not directly about your problem ah ok ;) >> The problem that is annoying the bios, maybe > > Normally the 'CHECK AND RESET THE DATE' message is non-fatal > and only prints once. > > Did you read Nick's message about memory? Yes I read everything, so the pr

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012/02/20 14:02, Francesco Cardi wrote: > > Most models of Alix do not have a battery > > > > The computer is a MITAC 6133 has a battery that is discharged permanently. I was responding to a followup mail, not directly about your problem > The problem that is annoying the bios, maybe Normal

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary wrote: > I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. > If completely switched off (take the power cord out), > the message appears on the next boot. On subsequent soft > reboots (without taking the power cord out) the message > does not appear. That makes me spec

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Jan Stary
On Feb 20 11:03:34, Francesco Cardi wrote: > Unfortunately there is no way forward is blocked at that time, in > moemnto where there is loading and the first phase of installation. > 16 mb ram does not go well with OpenBSD? > > > I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. > > If complet

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Francesco Cardi
Unfortunately there is no way forward is blocked at that time, in moemnto where there is loading and the first phase of installation. 16 mb ram does not go well with OpenBSD? > I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. > If completely switched off (take the power cord out), > the messa

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-20 Thread Jan Stary
> On 02/19/12 20:41, Francesco Cardi wrote: > > Hello, I want to install OpenBSD 5.0 on a very old laptop with 16 mb > > ram and a 500mhz celeron processor. I start the boot from the cd > > starts to load but then appears on the screen a writing that is > > repeated ad infinitum "WARNING: CHECK AND

Re: WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! [not installation]

2012-02-19 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/19/12 20:41, Francesco Cardi wrote: > Hello, I want to install OpenBSD 5.0 on a very old laptop with 16 mb > ram and a 500mhz celeron processor. I start the boot from the cd > starts to load but then appears on the screen a writing that is > repeated ad infinitum "WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE