Raider wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Jeroen wrote:
> > > Can I take the battery out today and get a new one tomorrow or does it
> > > have
> > > to be really fast, like old one out, new one in?
> > Once you take the battery out, the bios loses all knowledge of time and
> > date and configuration settings. It doesn't matter how long the
> > battery is out, but I wouldn't count on being able to use the machine
> > until you put a new one in. Is that what you wanted to know? :-)
>
> Nope. The CMOS will live for another couple of minutes at least.
> This is what happened with the MBs I worked with. And this is why there
> are two pins on the MB that need a jumper in order to clear the data from
> the CMOS. So if you want to reset the CMOS, take the battery out and put
> the jumper on the way your MB manual says. Else you will have more than
> enough time to replace the battery. Of course, there can be problems with
> the CMOS or the MB, but I don't think so.
>
> Raider
> --
> ``Liberate tu-temet ex inferis''
Well, I replaced the battery, upgraded the BIOS and for now the time is OK.
Strange 'cause the old battery was from '97 and I got another pc a much older
MB witch still works fine (knock on wood...), but it seems that was the
problem
about the date, thanx.
Aldouh I still can't boot Linux...
I'm able to get into Linux by booting for the installation bootdisk and when
I get the option to enter some parameters I type 'mount root=/dev/hdd2'
and it's ok, but I can't go on like this so my last shot is 'play' a bit with
fdisk
and if that doesn't work, just format and reinstall...
Anyway, thanx again for your help.
Jeroen
