Very Computer

by **william corsin** » Wed, 26 Jun 1996 04:00:00

I have been trying to boot SCO UNIX 3.2.4 after year 2000. During boot up
only allowed 2 digits for year. Tried changing system clock but this only
works the first boot. For each boot after that date is wrong and tends to
default to 1970. I tried from single user mode but again UNIX will not
accept date.

Does anyone know when SCO is updating to allow boot after year 2000?

by **Bela Lubki** » Thu, 27 Jun 1996 04:00:00

> I have been trying to boot SCO UNIX 3.2.4 after year 2000. During boot up
> only allowed 2 digits for year. Tried changing system clock but this only
> works the first boot. For each boot after that date is wrong and tends to
> default to 1970. I tried from single user mode but again UNIX will not
> accept date.

> Does anyone know when SCO is updating to allow boot after year 2000?

Yes, about a month ago. It is SLS uod426b, on ftp.sco.com:/SLS.

Quote:>Bela<

by **Mark Ra** » Fri, 28 Jun 1996 04:00:00

[e-mailed and posted]

>I have been trying to boot SCO UNIX 3.2.4 after year 2000. During boot up
>only allowed 2 digits for year. Tried changing system clock but this only
>works the first boot. For each boot after that date is wrong and tends to
>default to 1970. I tried from single user mode but again UNIX will not
>accept date.

>Does anyone know when SCO is updating to allow boot after year 2000?

The piece of code that verifies the date at boot-up is a shell script
called /etc/asktime. There's nothing (AFAIK) in the kernel or in the
'date' command (which DOES allow you so specify century) to prevent the
system from keeping a correct date after the year 2000 (but before, if
memory serves, January 18, 2038, when a signed long is insufficient for
time_t).

I'm pretty sure that all it will take to get your system working is a
minor change to /etc/asktime.
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