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Date:      Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:07:44 -0800
From:      Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Date of a FreeBSD installation
Message-ID:  <20110113230744.GI3646@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <igo06u$2cf$1@dough.gmane.org>
References:  <4D2F606D.6090407@gmail.com> <igo06u$2cf$1@dough.gmane.org>

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Quoth Ivan Voras on Friday, 14 January 2011:
> On 13/01/2011 21:28, David Demelier wrote:
> >Hello folks,
> >
> >I'm just guessing if there is a way to know a FreeBSD installation date.
> >We can't look after the uname -a ident since an update of the FreeBSD
> >kernel is possible.
>=20
> If you haven't removed it, a line in /etc/rc.conf should be written by=20
> sysinstall at system install time:
>=20
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Sep 14 16:13:22 2008
>=20
> On a newer system (7+?), the timestamp of /etc/hostid would be from the=
=20
> first boot.
>=20
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/etc/hostid has the right date for me.

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