setting the hardware clock

[Kerry Hoath]

normally  you run
hwclock -u -w
(if your hardware clock keeps utc)
or hwclock -w
if the hardware clock stores local time (dual boot to wi ndows etc)
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:57:23PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> This is crazy, but it seems my HW clock refuses to be set. I
> normally do not ever set it, since my shutdown procedure does
> that for me, saving the system time to the hardware clock, and
> for a few days that step has been hanging so my shutdown
> procedure never runs to completion!!!
> 
> What can be happening? What are the commands I can run as root to
> set the HW clock from a running system?
> 
> Thanks -- Chuck
> 
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