From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 18 08:55:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA12543 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:55:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhost.pii.com (mailhost.pii.com [192.77.209.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA12535 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:55:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Clark@open.org) Received: from open.org (dash8.pii.com [192.77.209.226]) by mailhost.pii.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA24950; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <360280F5.A4B42D95@open.org> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 08:49:09 -0700 From: Robert Clark X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.10.20 9000/735) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: groggy@iname.com CC: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Date fixer for systems with flaky BIOS. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That would require that I shutdown the box, and I don't plan on doing that before the year 2k. It isn't a flashable BIOS. I think we'll be having a y2k party that night anyway. Eat Pizza, Drink Beer, Change Clocks. [RC] groggy@iname.com wrote: > > > One of my primary FreeBSD systems (2.2.5R) motherboards's BIOS doesn't > > handle the Y2K transition correctly. It goes from 1999 to 1900. > > > > Does anyone know of a program I can run that will take care of the > > problem? > > > > IE change the year in CMOS from 1900 to 2000? > > how about a flash program with a new BIOS image? > your should be able to upgrade it ... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message