> Bill wrote:
> >
> > On Monday 24 September 2001 00:26, you wrote:
> >
> > > Now...For my first annoying and insolvable problem.
> > >
> > > I can't make SuSE keep the right time on my machine. I can set it with
> > > one of the
> > > time servers and then SuSE will change it. Right in the bios. I have
> > > tried every
> > > possible configuration of UTC, EDT, etc. etc. that I can think of. It
> > > will keep
> > > proper time until I shut down. Next time I boot up....changed....to some
> > > time that
>
> > Have you tried replacing the onboard battery?
>
> Bill,
> Thanks for your reply. Yes, the battery has been replaced. I am afraid I
> am remiss in confessing that I am running a dual boot system. My wife
> likes her Windoze applications like Word & Quickbooks. (Slowly weaning
> her to StarOffice)The point is, that as long as only Windoze boots, the
> time is accurate. The problem occurs when I use the machine and boot to
> Linux. It changes the time in the bios and then the time is incorrect in
> both OS's.
>
> Andrew,
> Yes. Used hwclock and set the time on RTC. Then set the system to the
> RTC.
> Then I shut down and reboot. Clock in the bios is OK. Reboot to SuSE and
> the system clock is off something like 4 hours. Shutdown and reboot.
> Check
> time in bios again and it is off something like 47 minutes. Boot into
> Windoze and the time is the same as the bios clock. Off by the 47
> minutes.
> Shutdown again and reboot into SuSE and the system clock is again off
> that
> same 4 hours plus.
>
> Then check hwclock and it is off the 47 minutes plus .Can reset the
> system
> clock and it will reflect the 47 plus minute error. If I repeat the
> process
> the clock changes again to some other unexplainable time. This is
> driving me
> crazy, and yes, I suspect it is something with SuSE because this never
> happened in Redhat. It seems to have something to do with how long I am
> up
> and running Linux, like the time picks up from where I left off or
> something.
>
> Bob S.
This problem sounds somehow strangly familiar. Did you by chance select to use
GMT as your time standard during the SUSE install. That would account for the
4 hour difference between the two OSes if one is using EST and the other is
using GMT as its time standard.
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