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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 19:50:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 19:50:53 +0000 |
| commit | fa914e596245dfff0d0424b3bdffd6f762b40e19 (patch) | |
| tree | b6d7018e9d43c9b2c445cb9094739ec56d79157f /chapter07/setclock.xml | |
| parent | 2b1174bee649fe5f442631a33e2d004bf0317dc7 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/chapter07/setclock.xml b/chapter07/setclock.xml index 917295bf3..08b133c52 100644 --- a/chapter07/setclock.xml +++ b/chapter07/setclock.xml @@ -6,15 +6,11 @@ known as BIOS or CMOS clock) isn't set to GMT time. The recommended setup is setting the hardware clock to GMT and having the time converted to localtime using the /etc/localtime symbolic link. But if an OS is run that doesn't understand a clock set to GMT (most notable are -Microsoft OS'es) a user might want to set the clock to localtime so that -the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will reset -the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using +Microsoft OS'es) you may want to set the clock to localtime so that +the time is properly displayed on those OS'es. This script will then +set the kernel time to the hardware clock without converting the time using the /etc/localtime symlink.</para> -<para>If you want to use this script on your system even if the -hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be -changed to the value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.</para> - <para>Create the <filename>/etc/init.d/setclock</filename> script by running the following command:</para> @@ -62,21 +58,21 @@ evaluate_retval <sect2> <title>Creating the /etc/sysconfig/clock file</title> +<para>If you want to use this script on your system even if the +hardware clock is set to GMT, then the UTC variable below has to be +changed to the value of <emphasis>1</emphasis>.</para> + <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running the following:</para> <para><screen><userinput>cat > /etc/sysconfig/clock << "EOF"</userinput> # Begin /etc/sysconfig/clock -UTC=1 +UTC=0 # End /etc/sysconfig/clock <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para> -<para>If the hardware clock (also known as BIOS or CMOS clock) is not set to -GMT time, then the UTC variable in the /etc/sysconfig/clock file needs to be -set to the value <emphasis>0</emphasis> (zero).</para> - <para>Now, you may want to take a look at a very good hint explaining how we deal with time on LFS at <ulink url="&hint-root;time.txt">&hint-root;time.txt</ulink>. |