Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!dcs!wnp From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Disabling 'date' prompt in SysV/At Keywords: bootup Message-ID: <168@dcs.UUCP> Date: 13 Aug 88 15:23:02 GMT References: <401@fallst.UUCP> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 27 In article <401@fallst.UUCP> tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes: >Can anyone tell me how to bypass the prompt asking if the date is >correct on bootup in uport SysV/AT (version 2.2)? > The prompt asking if the date is correct comes from the file "/etc/bsetdate", which is a shell script called from "/etc/inittab" (line 3, I believe). If you are fairly sure that your hardware clock keeps accurate time, you can change that line in "/etc/inittab" to look as follows: ck::sysinit:date `setup -d` which will set the system date from the hardware clock without asking any questions. The reason uPort is using the rather elaborate "/etc/bsetdate" script is their contention that many clone hardware clocks are not all that accurate. In view of uPort V/AT's problems with keeping software time, that assertion is somewhat laughable -- I have yet to see a clone hardware clock which is as inaccurate as V/AT's timekeeping :-). Wolf -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp%dcs@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD