thanks for the tips! i can now rest pretty easy :)) nate
On 5 Nov 1999, John Hasler wrote: john >aphro writes: john >> also, what are the chances that software on the system will check the john >> date from the hardware clock and not the software clock (hwclock as john >> opposed to date). john > john >Zero. john > john >> i don't want to feel rushed to shut down the main server if the danger is john >> not that great. john > john >It isn't. Linux only reads the hardware clock at boot (and when you tell john >it to by running hwclock), and will almost certainly be able to figure out john >the correct date even if the hardware clock does become confused. john > john >> I can't find any info on exactly what the problem is other then the john >> boards are Y2K compliant as of bios rev XXXXX. john > john >The "noncompliance" may be something trivial like a setup screen that shows john >a two digit year. john >-- john >John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. john >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. john >Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. john >Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. john > john > john >-- john >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null john > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 12:50pm up 78 days, 18 min, 1 user, load average: 0.32, 0.29, 0.31
