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Old 12-12-2002
Question change date on OpenBoot

hi all,

I wonder how to change the date and timezone in OpenBoot prompt. Appreciate any idea.

Thanks in advance
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Old 12-12-2002
I think its not possible to change the date, timezone etc... from the OpenBoot prompt.
OpenBoot understand neither Solaris file systems nor files. It is a very primitive system that mainly deals with the hardware devices and not high-level objects like file-systems and files.

~MK
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