Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 09:25:46 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell the world about Year 2000 Compliance Message-ID: <19971120092546.SP19499@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.971119171242.22762E-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu>; from Adrian T. Filipi-Martin on Nov 19, 1997 17:19:07 -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119152857.8550A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> <Pine.SUN.3.90.971119171242.22762E-100000@stretch.cs.Virginia.edu>
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As Adrian T. Filipi-Martin wrote: > I have yet to see any mention of dealing with BIOS limitations. > What does a prefectly happy FreeBSD box think when it is rebooted after > the BIOS has rolled over? It has to trust the clock of course, which is > wrong! At least, you could look into the code first. It does already do an ``educated guess'' about whether the CMOS is before or after 2000. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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