Do I understand this correctly?
1. UNIX/Linux bypasses the BIOS completely and accesses the RTC
directly
2. Windows mostly goes throught the BIOS (aside: what Doze progs
access the RTC directly??)
3. The RTC in most pc's uses 2 digits for years and hence is not y2k
compliant
4. Compliant BIOS's (ie most current ones) adjust for the RTC and pass
the time to the OS at boot and later
5. If the OS is Linux, the time will be arseways after 2000
6. Linux PC's are shagged even though linux itself is compliant
Am I:
a. right, and Linux pc's are going to die and we should be panicking
b, wrong, if so where?
I'm perturbed.
Paul
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