Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> wrote: > >The script works like this: if the root device is specified on the >kernel command line AND the word "fixrtc" is specified, then get the >time that the root file system was last mounted. The script then uses >"date" to set the clock to that date stamp. > >I assume that the idea is that, rather than having the clock start at >1970, it's better to start it at, say, yesterday. You've still got quite >a lot of slewing to do if you connect to NTP, but at least there's a >chance that you can verify certificates etc.
I also wrote fake-hwclock (packaged in Debian) for this kind of reason. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
