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James Lim <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> types:
> If i am not wrong..as i have read somewhere before..
> that problem occurs arnd older version of Linux

In that case, here's a SWAG: Netcraft's method of reading uptime from
FreeBSD is the same as they use for Linux, the "configuration" change
is to install linux emulation, and the bug of rolling over every 497
days is inherited from Linux.

And I'll be *very* surprised if this is really the case - but someone
might investigate it.

	<mike

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Netcraft
> 
> 
> > Vandenhouten Jeremy-JVANDEN1 <Jeremy_Vandenhouten-JVANDEN1@email.mot.com>
> types:
> > > From Netcraft:
> > >
> > > Operating systems we can usually work out uptimes for are:
> > >
> > > FreeBSD [but not the default configuration in versions 3 and later]
> > >
> > > Additionally, NT4 uptimes cycle back to zero after 49.7 days, and
> > > give timestamps exactly as if the machine had been rebooted at this
> > > precise point, while HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and recent releases of
> > > FreeBSD also cycle back to zero after 497 days.
> > >
> > > Has anyone been looking into these issues, or know how to solve
> > > the "default configuration problem?"
> >
> > I don't think so; but if you tell us how you get uptimes, we might be
> > able to provide more information.
> >
> > The "497 day" cycle strikes me as odd. I'm sure I've seen people
> > claiming longer uptimes than that...
> >
> > <mike
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