Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:15:00AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: | On 2002.06.07 01:16 Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | >On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | >| Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | >| | >| What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? | > | >Suppos

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.06.07 01:16 Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | | What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? Suppose the machine moves and is now in a new timezone. Also suppose you're running a l

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Pietro Cagnoni writes: > for instance, linux needs the bios clock on gmt... No it doesn't. > ...so adjusts it at boot and at shutdown. Not on my computers. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Patrick Hsieh wrote: Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? it keeps your system simpler and cleaner. believe me, it's worth it! for instance, linux needs the bios clock on gmt, so adjusts it at boot and at shutdown. if you don't shutdown pr

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:51:16AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: | Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | | What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? Suppose the machine moves and is now in a new timezone. Also suppose you're running a legacy OS (eg MS-DOS or MS-Windows) and you now wan

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-06 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, What is the advantage to keep the clock on GMT? On Wed, 05 Jun 2002 19:21:28 +0200 Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian D. Stewart wrote: > > Howdy Folks, > > > > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > > hour

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Ian D. Stewart
On 2002.06.05 13:00 Gary Hennigan wrote: "Ian D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
Ian D. Stewart wrote: Howdy Folks, Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to automate this process and/or convince Linux to set t

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:27:54AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > Howdy Folks, > > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to >

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Ian D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to > automate this process and/or convince Li

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to > automate this process and/or convince Linu

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 04:27, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > Howdy Folks, > > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to > automate thi

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:27:54AM -0400, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to > automate this proc

Re: Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 05:27:54 -0400 "Ian D. Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four > hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using > date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to > au

Setting system time on startup

2002-06-05 Thread Ian D. Stewart
Howdy Folks, Right now, when booting my linux box, the system clock is off by four hours (I'm guessing it is set to GMT). I can reset the clock using date, but this is starting to get a bit tedious. Is there a way to automate this process and/or convince Linux to set the system clock to loc