Re: [SLE] Suse80 and Y2K

From: Nico (spx_at_nv.jakaranda.co.za)
Date: 06/25/04

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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:59:42 -0700

    Many of these old machines has a battery on the motherboard that goes flat.
    The BIOS settings then goes to their defaults, including the time.

    Have a look - the battery usually is a silver flat disk somewhere on the
    motherboard.

    Regards

    Nico

    On Friday 25 June 2004 02:50, Hans du Plooy wrote:
    > On Friday, 25 June 2004 11:14, Mas Hangga wrote:
    > > How can I solve this problem with linux? What kind of command inserted at
    > > start up. Each time my computer up, at KDE center control, I have to
    > > setup the date of computer (day, month and year 2004).
    >
    > Forgive me for asking, but what is KDE 3.0 like on a 486?
    >
    > Anyway, if it's just the year that's out (i.e. the rest of the date remains
    > correct), check out the "date" command - I don't remember the parameters.
    > Once you have that right, stick it in /etc/init.d/boot.local
    >
    > Or, if the whole date/time is out, SUSE has an xntp client and yast2 should
    > have a module for it (can't remember if SuSE 8.0 had). You can update from
    > any of the internet time servers (I use 203.21.37.18 but you might want to
    > find one closer to you) or a local machine.
    >
    > --
    > Kind regards
    > Hans du Plooy
    > Newington Consulting Services
    > hansdp at newingtoncs dot co dot za
    >
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