HP t5525 Administrator's Guide: Linux-based HP Compaq t5125, t5515, t5525 Thin - Page 84

How do you con the date and time?, How do you change the boot order?

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Frequently Asked Questions How do you configure the date and time? The Date and Time management GUI applet provides an easy method for managing the date and time. You can configure the date, time, time zone, and network time protocol (NTP). The Applet is launched by clicking GO > Settings > Date/Time. How do you change the boot order? Run the BootOrder utility to alter the order of the boot up device. The utility is installed with the standard image. To run the BootOrder utility, perform the following steps: 1. Right click on the desktop and select Console. 2. To use the BootOrder utility, execute cd /opt/hp/, then type ./hpbootorder (without parameters) and follow the listed options. To use the RepSet utility, execute ./hprepset (without parameters) and follow the listed options. How do you synchronize the BIOS and system time? To synchronize the BIOS and system time, use the hwclock command. This command allows you to either synchronize the BIOS time to the system time, or synchronize from system time to BIOS time. This command without any parameters displays the current date and time. hwclock [-r|--show] [-s|--hctosys] [-w|--systohc] [-l|--localtime] [-u|--utc] Query and set the hardware clock (RTC). 6-4 www.hp.com Administrator's Guide

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Administrator’s Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you configure the date and time?
The Date and Time management GUI applet provides an easy method
for managing the date and time. You can configure the date, time,
time zone, and network time protocol (NTP). The Applet is launched
by clicking
GO > Settings > Date/Time
.
How do you change the boot order?
Run the BootOrder utility to alter the order of the boot up device. The
utility is installed with the standard image.
To run the BootOrder utility, perform the following steps:
1. Right click on the desktop and select
Console
.
2. To use the BootOrder utility, execute
cd /opt/hp/
, then type
.
/hpbootorder
(without parameters) and follow the listed
options. To use the RepSet utility, execute
./hprepset
(without
parameters) and follow the listed options.
How do you synchronize the BIOS and system
time?
To synchronize the BIOS and system time, use the
hwclock
command. This command allows you to either synchronize the BIOS
time to the system time, or synchronize from system time to BIOS
time. This command without any parameters displays the current date
and time.
hwclock [-r|--show] [-s|--hctosys] [-w|--systohc]
[-l|--localtime] [-u|--utc]
Query and set the hardware clock (RTC).