Ubuntu :: Battery Backing CMOS Memory Dead - RTC Time Setup
Mar 9, 2011
In my computer with Ubuntu 9.10 the battery backing CMOS memory is dead (and replacing it is not an option). This requires from me to set up RTC time in BIOS each time I turn on computer (default date is from couple years back). When I don't set time, Ubuntu don't want to startup and it shows me fallowing message :
/dev/sdb1 : Superblock last mount time (Tue .... 2011, now = Mon ...200 is in the future.
/dev/sdb1 : UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck Manually.
mountall: fsck / [842] terminated with status 4
mountall: Filesystem has errors: /
init: mount main process (840) terminated with status 3
Mount of filesystem failed.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
Is there any way to run Ubuntu without having RTC time set over, and over again in BIOS ? (It's acceptable for me not to have current time).
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Feb 24, 2010
my cmos battery is dead , not worrying that much about it but the problem is ubuntu , it has trouble booting thanks to fsck , there is a bug herebut i cant boot , i get the following error # Superblock last mount time is in the futureand i cant boot , i can get it working sometimes , with allot of work , but normaly it just fails !i came to the conclusion that the CMOS time and date keeps reseting and so ubuntu thinks that the last time i booted was in the future (if this makes any sense) and fsck freaks
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