Solaris 7 (Intel Platform Edition) 11/99 Release Notes

/var/adm/messages File Contains Incorrect Time Stamp (4216235)

The system time in the /var/adm/messages file is inaccurate when displaying boot-related information for the first boot after a netinstall. In the following excerpt from the /var/adm/messages file, you will see that the system time gets set to a later time.


Jun  1 22:05:07 sunergy2 unix: mem = 49152K (0x3000000)
Jun  1 22:05:07 sunergy2 unix: avail mem = 44359680
Jun  1 22:05:07 sunergy2 unix: root nexus = SUNW,SPARCclassic
Jun  1 17:39:59 sunergy2 unix: iommu0 at root
Jun  1 17:39:59 sunergy2 unix: : 
Jun  1 17:39:59 sunergy2 unix: obio 0x10000000
Jun  1 17:39:59 sunergy2 unix: 
Jun  1 17:39:59 sunergy2 unix: sbus0 at iommu0

Workaround: You may delete the innaccurate messages or reboot the system.