From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Jun 25 7:35:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E16137B405 for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:35:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:35:24 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9CF0@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: "'Crespo, Ramon'" Cc: "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: setting the date on FreeBSD Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:35:23 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Ramon, > > The power seems to have gone out this weekend and I got a really weird > kernel message ... Jun 25 08:29:41 bsd /kernel: WARNING: > clock gained 2 days > -- CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! .. I tried using the date > command and it sends > me into the year 2025 .. so if anyone can help me get back to > the year 2001 I would really appreciate it. > Try "ntpdate www.freebsd.org" instead if the box is on-line. If the box is on-line continuously, find out what your ISP's time server is and configure the ntp daemon ("man ntpd" to get more info). Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message