Hi all- just installed DSL onto an older laptop...I started the dsl-hdinstall script and went to go get something to munch on, and when I got back, I noticed a bunch of messages during the copying process that stated that "timestamp xxxxx is in the future" (I cant remember what the xxxxx's were, there was a whole helluva lot of them though)
...DSL is running fine it seems, though I can't change the date/time in the workspace panel at the bottom of the screen...
Anyone have any ideas? Maybe do I need to wipe the drive again, change the time in the BIOS and then do a fresh install? Thanks!hmmm...can't seem to access the BIOS with any of the standard keystrokes, but it's got to be there right?You can change the system time (software clock) with the date command, and then apply that date to the hardware clock with the command "hwclock --systohc". Both of these commands should be run as root. http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/date.1.html
for example...
Code Sample
sudo su date 04051200 hwclock --systohc exit
Ths would set the system time to April 05, 12:00 noon, and then apply that to the hardware clockthanks! that did the trick! you rock!
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