On 10/21/2016 10:21 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 10/21/2016 8:32 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:09:38AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm creating a preseed.cfg file for installing Debian 8.6 in a
dual-boot enviroment with some version of MS Windows. There are two
distinct use cases:
1. Two of my machines with WinXP Pro SP3
2. A remote (~1000 miles]friend with several machines - some with
WinXP, others with
Windows 10 or later.
Uh, oh. Microsoft and time handling. This won't end well :-/
*ROFL*
3. Debian 8.6 w MATE installed from DVD 1 of 13 with aid of
custom preseed.cfg
_displays_ a time 5 hours earlier.
The _display_ is independent of whether
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
*OR*
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false
Yes, It's Windows' fault. Unfortunately, I don't remember the details,
but the cure is in the Registry.
If you google the problem, somewhere along the way, you will find the
Registry hack that fixes
the problem.
--doug
This observation alone suggests strongly that this installation
"thinks" it should use the UTC (or any equivalent) time zone
to fudge back its way from the hardware clock to the UTC.
What is the value of d-i time/zone?
Relavant lines of preseed.cfg are
### Clock and time zone setup
#d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string US/Central
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean false
regards
- -- tomás
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