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From: dlumby@axion.bt.co.uk (David Lumby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Help needed preserving date/time on 100+ running Venix
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Date: 20 Jan 89 17:45:26 GMT
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Organization: British Telecom Research Labs., Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH UK
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Can anyone out there help with the following problem ?

I've got a Rainbox 100+ running Venix. Every time I re-boot the system the
date goes back to some time in 1987 - a bit awkward when you forget to set
the clock and subsequently use utilities like `make'.

A colleague has an identical system which does not suffer from the same
problem - his clock simply restarts from the time of the last shutdown.

Any ideas ?

I've considered putting an entry in crontab to write the date to a file
every 10 minutes or so and use this date/time to reset the clock when the
system is booted. Is there an easier way?

Does the rainbow have battery backup for the RTC? (I might simply have a
dead battery) 


		Thanks in anticipation


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| Who:    Dave Lumby                                             |
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