[gentoo-user] Re: fsck date problem during boot

[Harry Putnam]

Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> writes:

> On 4 Nov 2009, at 15:45, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> ...
>> Somehow the date of last fsck on /boot is seen as `in the future' so
>> fsck fails on /dev/had1 (/boot).
>
> The first thing I would want to check is the motherboard battery. Is
> the time correct if you reboot and immediately enter BIOS?

That was a pretty good help but apparently not all the story.

When I checked bios, the clock was exactly 1 hr fast (didn't pick up
the end of daylight saving time I guess).

Reset the clock and tested with 2 more reboots, each time mounting
/boot and fiddling around with files.

Each time the same failure occurs.  I check bios time again.  Its
right.

Here is the (edited) output form fsck
    
  Superblock last mount time (Wed Nov  4 18:05:13 2009,
          now = Wed Nov  4 12:11:49 2009) is in the future.
  Fix<y>? yes
  
  [...]
  -------        ---------       ---=---       ---------      -------- 
  Superblock last mount time (Wed Nov  4 18:14:54 2009,
          now = Wed Nov  4 12:18:01 2009) is in the future.
  Fix<y>? yes
  
  [...]

so still somehow, those last mount dates are way wrong.

I hope I'm checking the right thing in bios.  Its under cmos and shows
the time ticking away.  You can adjust all columns. with +/-.