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- From: SYSTEM_JB@UNODE1.NSWC.NAVY.MIL ("SYSTEM SUPPORT")
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: RE: SET TIME
- Message-ID: <9301072300.AA04114@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 19:56:00 GMT
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- In article <20315005@zl2tnm.gen.nz>, don@zl2tnm.gen.nz (Don Stokes) writes:
- > davo@homer.corp.sgi.com (David Ferrise) writes:
- >> After contacting DEC they informed us that this is a *known* bug and that every
- >> good VAX shop will do a SET TIME after the first of the year before attempting
- >> any reboot.
- >
- >Yeah... My VAX systems NEVER crash, so why bother? ;-)
- >
- >Seriously - you are correct that SHUTDOWN.COM does the SET TIME, but systems
- >do occasionally crash, lose power, etc. Issuing the SET TIME shortly after
- >midnight after the new year change covers you in case of such a disaster.
-
- Was anybody out there actually sobber enough to work heavy machinery like
- a VAX at the suggested time?? O-)
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