[KLUG Members] hwclock

Wesley Leonard members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 19 Apr 2002 10:27:41 -0400


The weird thing is this box worked for like a year before it started
happening!!!

We flashed the BIOS and got a new motherboard...

I'll try a new kernel.

thanks for the info

Adam Williams wrote:
> 
> >Has anybody had a system get stock on hwclock while booting?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >If so, how can one fix this?
> 
> Flash the BIOS and/or replace the MB.
> 
> >It's an Athlon on an Asus A7V motherboard.
> 
> Hm, yes, I think Asus AMD board are where I've seen this before.... <dig
> dig dig>
> 
> >The current system is RedHat 7.2.
> >RedHat 6.2 boots find...
> 
> Interesting.  Could be related to kernel version.  Try jumping up,  I
> though they fixed up some of the AMD crap.
> 
> >The system doesn't lock up solid.  If I go into Single user mode I can ctrl-C to
> >get to a prompt.  If I type hwclock it doesn't respond...
> 
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