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 an OpenBSD install, or are you still having a problem? If still having problems, it is funky hw, probably not worth lots of effort. Second: is this machine "totally useless" or just "Really annoying" without a CMOS battery? PCs have all kinds of issues without good CMOS batteries. Some will make non-stupid assumptions and will be just annoying, and an "rdate" or "ntpd -s" at boot will solve some of the rest. Others will consider this a major hw failure and will not attempt to boot without lots of manual setting at boot, rendering the machine somewhere between frustrating and useless. In short: YOU need to answer your question. Nick.
