"Clock Skew detected error"

[Anton Ivanov]

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On 25-Jan-2000 Sujit Vaidya wrote:
> HI,
>   I changed the date on the machine using the date
> command. Then the kernel compiles fine without any
> errors. But again when i reboot the system it takes
> the original date. i.e it sets the date to 
> JAN ** , 1994. 
>   Is there any way i can change that.

BIOS considers the date invalid and sets it to manufacturing date. Unless you
can find a y2k compliant BIOS upgrade you have no standalone option.
 
If you are on a network set the time somewhere very early in the init scripts
to something like 1 Jan 2000 and than do a ntp date versus a machine with a
proper clock. You have to adjust the date first because ntpdate will not sync
if the difference is too big (something like 6 months or more).  Than off you
go... ;-)

In btw: linux kernel release dates are very well known. Why not do something
many bioses do (as an option of course). If date on the computer is before the
release date and/or compile date adjust the date to release/compile date?

As I said as an option..., part of the RTC driver for example? 

As a result linux will be one of the few systems to behave reasonably on
partially non-y2k compliant hardware (clock is OK, but BIOS or bootsrap screw
it up;-). In btw: amidst 486 this type of problem should be quite common.

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Anton R. Ivanov
IP Engineer Level3 Communications
RIPE: ARI2-RIPE      E-Mail: Anton Ivanov <aivanov en eu.level3.net>
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