The live CD installer should detect the presence of OpenSolaris
Bug #279065 reported by
Joanmarie
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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clock-setup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
From bug 278429:
> The desktop installer detects a dual-boot situation
> and will automatically set UTC=no
I have several systems which are dual-boot OpenSolaris/Ubuntu. I typically install OpenSolaris prior to installing Ubuntu, and UTC seems to always be set to 'yes'. So I'm guessing that dual-boot detection is failing when the other OS is OpenSolaris. It would be helpful if the live CD installer would detect the presence of OpenSolaris and set UTC=no.
(Bonus points if it could also make an entry in grub's menu.lst. ;-) But I'd be thrilled if Ubuntu would just stop stomping on my system clock without my having to edit /etc/default/rcS.)
Thanks!
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OK, though this is very surprising; typically, Unix-like operating systems are happier keeping the hardware clock in UTC, since that produces much more sensible results across DST changes. (The operating system is better at managing this than the BIOS is, and trying to have both of them manage it is a recipe for confusion!)