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x86 solaris 2.6 date and time
Name: senthilkumar Date: November 30, 2001 at 01:15:33 Pacific
Comment:
Setting date and time to month:MM day:29 23:59:59 causes system date failure (it becomes month:(MM+1) day:1 0:00:00 after 1 second) on the machine whose RTC (Real Time Clock) is ALI M5819. OS : Solaris 2.6 x86 Machine: one with ALI M5819
Description: E.g.) # date 06292359.59 # date and time set to Jun 29 23:59:59 Fri Jun 29 23:59:59 JST 2001 (1 second later) # date Sun Jul 1 0:00:00 JST 2001
In Data Sheet of ALI M5819, the following description exists:
Likewise, the time must be set at least two seconds before the end of the 29th or 30th day of the month.
So I believe the system date failure is related to this specification or limitation of M5819.
Summary: I have Pentium III machine with the internal and external hard disks. I want to install Solaris 2.6 on the external hard disk that can be swapped in the A:\ Drive. By using the boot disk in A:\ dr...
