<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody know if
problems might occur during system startup of a RHES4 server in case the RTC is
not working properly or set to a non deterministic time and date
?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Background: We are
planning to remove the battery on the server H/W we are using and are not sure
if RHES4 can boot successfully in case the system clock is not
properly</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>set (without battery
it probably means set to its default value e.g. year 1900).
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Once the system is
started, we are retrieving and setting the system clock from an external source
so at that point there shouldn't be any problem.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>But what is during
boot phase</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2> ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any help
on this topic.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial size=2>best
regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=825335815-31052006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Stephan</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>