[wplug] y2k workaround

[Eric Hsiung]

For less than $20 you could get a BIOS upgrade card
that fixes the y2k problem. I did this on a 486SX25 and
it worked well. 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2015457747
http://www.jdr.com/interact/item.asp?itemno=MCT-Y2K


Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "redtoade" <redtoade at yahoo.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:34 PM
Subject: [wplug] y2k workaround


> I've been lurking for a few months... and its time I
> asked my first question:
> 
> Setup:  486/66 that I've been using as a
> firewall/gateway.  16M RAM.  RedHat 6.2.  (Why? 
> Because it's a pain in my butt to try to get Slackware
> to reckognize two ISA eth cards using the same
> SMC-Ultra mod.  Plus Bastille works better on
> RedHat.... unfortunately RedHat 7.0 and beyond
> requires 32M of memory to install... and memory for
> these legacy boards costs more than buying a new
> computer).
> 
> Problem:  Bios on board isn't Y2K compliant.  Which
> means when I reboot, 2002 dates become 1993 dates.  My
> logs go haywire.
> 
> Desired Solution:  I would like to store the current
> date on my system somewhere, and update it every 15
> minutes or so... and when a shutdown command is
> issued.  Then upon reboot add 10 minutes (based on
> average restart time) and set the system clock to this
> date PRIOR to doing ANYTHING else.... that way my logs
> won't show any 1993 dates... and they'll be in the
> ballpark.  I would then ntpdate to the correct time
> once eth0 is brought up.
> 
> Any ideas how to go about doing this?  Or is there a
> better solution?
> 
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