[vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-03 Thread fcassia
I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta software working. :-) I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Thanks, FC ___ vbox-users mailing l

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Robin Green
Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you can control it within the VM just as you would normally. On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:53:21 -0200 fcassia wrote: > I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta > software working. :-) > I wonder if it'd be possibl

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Peter Ondruška
If you have guest additions installed it will synch your guest clock automatically. There is no GUI option to disable this but should work with command line or direct edit to vm config. Peter 2009/2/4, Robin Green : > Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you > can cont

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Robin Green wrote: > Any good operating system lets you control the hardware clock. So you > can control it within the VM just as you would normally. No I meant on a per-application basis. So that the rest of the system can have the correct time and date but a VM

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM, fcassia wrote: > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: >> On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >>> I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta >>> software working. :-) >>> I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualb

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM, fcassia wrote: > Datefudge perhaps? > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=429467 This looks better. Sorry for answering myself. Libfaketime - Changing what time a process thinks it is http://www.linux.com/feature/147801 FC

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >> I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta >> software working. :-) >> I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware >> clock) to the VM so it's a

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: > >> I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta > >> software working. :-) > >> I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtua

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: > I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta > software working. :-) > I wonder if it'd be possible to have Virtualbox lie the date (hardware > clock) to the VM so it's always operating on the same date? Currently you can only set

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Frank Mehnert > wrote: >> > On Wednesday 04 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >> >> I have invested a lot of time and effort in getting certain beta >> >> software

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Pablo Sanchez
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 at 12:36 pm, fcassia penned about "Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?" > > How about the same date? ie, on 23:59 the clock turns back to 00:00 of > the same date. > > :-) > Just thinking aloud ... perhaps lever

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Graham Campbell
Guys, Think about the implications for a file system if system time is not monotonic increasing. Graham On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 12:49 -0500, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > On Wednesday 04 February 2009 at 12:36 pm, fcassia penned > about "Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/d

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Graham Campbell wrote: > Guys, > > Think about the implications for a file system if system time is not > monotonic increasing. > > Graham In a properly designed OS there shold be no consequence. I can go in XP or Linux and adjust the clock 4500 times per day back

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: > Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone > do not roll back their system clock? Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... ;-) ___ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtu

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Pablo Sanchez
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 at 6:01 pm, Graham Campbell penned about "Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?" > Guys, > > Think about the implications for a file system if system time is not > monotonic increasing. > Once a year, standard ti

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >> Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone >> do not roll back their system clock? > > Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... > > ;-) > My system clock does not even change for things like dayl

Re: [vbox-users] Can VirtualBox lie the clock/date to a VM?

2009-02-04 Thread fcassia
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: >> On Thursday 05 February 2009, fcassia wrote: >>> Or are you telling me that people whom travel to a different time zone >>> do not roll back their system clock? >> >> Not if they're using a proper OS like Linux... >>