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 DATE! clock time > much less time than file sytem using file system time " I set the > clock from the bios, but do not solve the problem. There's one thing > to point out, the battery does not work then when you turn off the > time you just saved. How do I fix this problem to continue the > installation? >
1) replace the battery for the NVRAM/clock on the laptop. 2) put more RAM in it. You won't be using a 16M i386 productively for much of anything other than watching it swap. I haven't tested the 16M install in quite a few releases; last I saw, it was swapping before you even logged in, and a LOT has happened since. There was some talk about making 32M absolute minimum, though I don't believe it happened deliberately...it has long been true by default. I'm not sure if the RAM is the reason the "Check and reset the date" error is repeating, but 16M just won't cut it for i386 in 2012. 32M will. I'm mystified how you got a 500mhz machine with 16M RAM. I've got a low-end 366MHz celeron laptop that has 32M on the main board, and I thought that was pretty low for the day. You may have other problems with the machine you are using -- normally the clock time error is not fatal...just a "hey, your RTclock is hosed and as time is pretty important to a unix machine, you might want to know this" type warning and move on. Nick.
