"John F. Woods" wrote:

> > sysctling kern.rtc_offset is absolutely useless. By the time userland
> > starts up, inittodr() has long since been executed. I don't even
> > remember if I bothered making the variable writable for just that
> > reason.
> > The only reasonable options are patching and using options RTC_OFFSET
> > I think someone had a program they proposed adding to userland that
> > would automate the patching process, but its pretty trivial anyway.
> 
> Hmm.  It would be really elegant if sysinst would offer to patch up your kernel
> after the installation was complete (as if sysinst didn't already have enough
> to do...).

I'm relatively peecee illiterate - what's the exact problem?  Are we
talking about machines that dual boot into less time-knowledgable
operating systems?  I'm planning to look at sysinst more - I'll add
something to the TODO list if I understand the problem :-)

Simon.