Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!uunet!uport!plocher From: plocher@uport.UUCP (John Plocher) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Disabling 'date' prompt in SysV/At Summary: How To Do It. Keywords: bootup Message-ID: <417@uport.UUCP> Date: 13 Aug 88 19:37:48 GMT References: <401@fallst.UUCP> Reply-To: plocher@uport.UUCP (John Plocher) Followup-To: email Organization: Microport Systems, Scotts Valley, CA Lines: 14 >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 file /etc/bsetdate is called from /etc/inittab at boot time. if you put an "exit" statement right after the "date `setup -d`" line the date will be set to whatever the CMOS thinks it is, without asking you if this is *really* correct. Quick poll, email ONLY: What should the default be, to prompt or not to prompt? -John Plocher uunet!uport!plocher