Markus Gritsch wrote:
> Hi!
Hello!
> Is the kernel notified when the reset button is pressed, or is this a
> hardware reset of the processor? If the kernel gets notified, it could
> write the current time to /etc/lastdate before resetting. This way the
> date/time would be set to a good approximation after booting.
The reset button is a hardware reset and cannot be intercepted. On the
other hand it is very good this way ;) Imagine you have trashed your
machine and even reset would not work ;)
> Markus
Viele Grüße
nils faerber
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