Thanks Fred! I downloaded the software and all appears normal. The reason the original bios fix wouldn't work for me is because it overwrites the mbr, where I have lilo (boot loader). Thus lilo would not be available to boot both (either?) OSes. Fortunately, the software you suggested works as advertised. Carey On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, fred smith wrote: > You didn't say (in terms I could fathom, at least) what the problem *IS*. > > But I'd suggest perusing your MB maker's web site to see if there is > a y2K-compatible BIOS upgrade there. E.g., a few months ago I found > the appropriate one for my old ASUS board on the ASUS site. It was new, > hadn't been there about this time last year when I first looked. > > There's a utility I just discovered (check on freshmeat, the Friday > page), named Y2KWA which purports to be able to deal with issues where > your BIOS just won't return the right date. It runs on both DOS/windoze > and Linux. I've just installed the Windoze version on my son's system > since its bios wants to tell us its 01/01/2094, and it now shows the > right date when booted. Time will tell. > > Fred ====================================================================== <> Carey F. Cox, PhD | PHONE: (409) 880-8770 <> <> Assistant Professor | FAX: (409) 880-8121 <> <> Dept. of Mech. Eng. | EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> <> Lamar University | WEB: N/A <> ====================================================================== -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
