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Re: Y2K test clock rollBACK
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Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]>
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Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 18:39:10 +0100
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>When rolling the date back to reality, HP advises that you shut the system
>down, and either do an INSTALL or an UPDATE from your SLT followed by a
>:RESTORE / (without the ;KEEP option).  Apparently, some of the post-Y2K
>dates are written in places that you & I don't understand and that a full
>:RESTORE *should* (fingers crossed) correct the "time warp" factor.

I don't dare to comment on the INSTALL-versus-selective-RESTORE issue,
but somehow I feel that the thread did not mention ;OLDDATE for the RESTORE
commands. Wouldn't that be appropriate to use (in both cases)?

Lars.

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