Re: sparc 20 workstation time

From: Juhan Leemet (juhan_at_logicognosis.com)
Date: 06/12/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 18:41:12 -0200

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:23:28 -0400, cljlk wrote:
> I issue the command as man page, the problem is the year is still in 1970.
> So, I would like to know it is battery problem, should I change the clock
> battery and how to change it
> if I have to.

We seem not to be communicating very effectively...? How about you type
(into your email message) a transcript of exactly what you type and what
you see? For example, on one of my test systems (LX running Solaris8):

bash-2.03# uname -a
SunOS lexx.logicognosis.com 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-LX

bash-2.03# date
Sat Jun 12 17:33:46 NDT 2004
bash-2.03# date 0612173504
Sat Jun 12 17:35:00 NDT 2004

or

bash-2.03# date
Sat Jun 12 17:40:41 NDT 2004
bash-2.03# date 061217452004
Sat Jun 12 17:45:00 NDT 2004

I've "bumped ahead" the time just a little bit, but could set it to
anything. I don't think Solaris or "date" (after boot) rely on the
hardware clock... er, unless you're rebooting the machine? Then (of
course) you'll see the time set back to 1970! I don't have Solaris 2.5.

So, if you just want to run the machine to test it for a while:
1) boot the system
2) set the date
3) run the system (it should have the new date)

For the system to retain the date over shutdown/(re)boot, you have to get
a new NVRAM/clock chip. See my other post for pointers (Memoryx, Mouser). 

-- 
Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.

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