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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 2001 02:03:56 +0000
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: changing CMOS time on a laptop
Message-ID:  <20010111020356.A48049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010111105720.Q44170@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:57:20AM %2B1030
References:  <20010110193943.B38307@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010111004014.F970@buffy.raggedclown.net> <20010111105720.Q44170@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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| implementation of date(1) *does* set the CMOS clock correctly, so
| there's no hwclock.
| 
| This doesn't help Jonathon, of course.  Without knowing more about his
| laptop, it's difficult to answer that question.  Most laptops set time
| with no problems.

Well, I tried it the other day, and while the date was fine for the entire
session, on reboot it went back.

I'll try it again.

jcm
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~  Jonathon McKitrick  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." |
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