Re: [iPAQ] time setting gets lost over reboot

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Calum Mackay wrote:

> Another newbie question I'm afraid:
>
> My iPAQ 3660 loses its time setting over a reboot; is this supposed to
> happen?

Yup :-(

The trick is not to reboot... :-)

> Since the device has a hardware clock I would have expected it to save
> the time over a reboot/reset, or even a power cutoff. Am I missing a
> kill script to save the time in hardware?

Well, if you cut the power, you cut the power. You're not going to find
anything except flash survives that.

> I know I can ntpdate at boot to reset the time, but that's not much good
> when I'm booting without a net.

I've been pretty much ignoring the time on my iPAQ - I find I don't miss it.
If there was a scheduler (datebook) with alarms, it would be more of an
issue, but as it is...

> would appreciate any comments.
>
> cheers,
> Calum.

BTW, there are three of us up here in EWAT02 who are playing with
Linux-on-iPAQ stuff (not work-related). If you're ever in the area, come
and say hi.

Cheers
Richard
Received on Thu Jul 12 2001 - 13:12:10 EDT