Well sort of:

I did a kill -TERM 1 to get to single user mode.

I used sync 3 or 4 times.

However the command time 19980804 just incrimented the year by 1 year.  So 
to get from 1930 to 1998 took alot of time sets :-)

The year was correct but the day and month were off, I left them be.  I 
touched the root filesystem and  turned off the computer without a sync and 
set the CMOS clock.

Everything worked okay.  I let ntp correct the month and day.

Thanks,
jam

Kids, do not try this at home.

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