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Question How do you configure the date and time? How do you change the boot order? How do you synchronize the BIOS and system time? General Question Are there any hot keys? 66 Chapter 6 Frequently Asked Questions Answer 3. Select the standard CMOS features option and press Enter. 4. Set the date and time using Page Up and Page Down. 5. To save the changes, press F10 and Enter. 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 from the desktop by clicking Settings > Date/Time. 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. Click the XTerm icon from the toolbar. 2. To use the BootOrder utility, execute cd /usr/share/ hp, then type ./hpbootorder and follow the listed options. To use the RepSet utility, execute ./ hprepset (without parameters) and follow the listed options. 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). Options ● -r: Read hardware clock and print result ● -s: Set the system time from the hardware clock ● -w: Set the hardware clock to the current system time ● -u: The hardware clock is kept in coordinated universal time ● -l: The hardware clock is kept in local time Answer Yes, see the following: ● Ctrl+Alt+F2 to Ctrl+Alt+F6: Starts the different gettys. ● Ctrl+Alt+F7: Default X server. ENWW

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Question
Answer
3
.
Select the standard CMOS features option and press
Enter
.
4
.
Set the date and time using
Page Up
and
Page Down
.
5
.
To save the changes, press
F10
and
Enter
.
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 from the desktop by clicking
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
.
Click the XTerm icon from the toolbar.
2
.
To use the BootOrder utility, execute
cd /usr/share/
hp
, then type
./hpbootorder
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).
Options
●
-r
: Read hardware clock and print result
●
-s
: Set the system time from the hardware clock
●
-w
: Set the hardware clock to the current system time
●
-u
: The hardware clock is kept in coordinated universal
time
●
-l
: The hardware clock is kept in local time
General
Question
Answer
Are there any hot keys?
Yes, see the following:
●
Ctrl+Alt+F2
to
Ctrl+Alt+F6
: Starts the different gettys.
●
Ctrl+Alt+F7
: Default X server.
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Chapter
6
Frequently Asked Questions
ENWW