[coyotos-dev] coyotos.sleep, sleepTill, the epoch

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 02:38 +0100, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> On 10/02/2007, at 0.44, Pierre THIERRY wrote:
> 
> >Scribit Valerio Bellizzomi dies 09/02/2007 hora 01:23:
> >> So as you say, it is not necessary to record reboot time. I still have
> >> some confusion about how to record the "OS install time" for
> >> administrative purposes, but the uptime question is resolved.
> >
> >Couldn't the process that records uptime also store it's first boot
> >time?
> 
> But wait, the first boot time could not be the install time. Because the
> system image is installed (copied on hard disk) by hand via a tool, then
> you have to restart the machine to reboot from hard disk.
> The OS install time is at the end of the system image copy operation, the
> system is not running at this time, the installation tool is running. It
> is not told that you reboot immediately. Or I am probably missing
> something important ?
> 
> val

You are missing the fact that we cannot possibly be interested in the
install time if the system is never booted. Firstboot time is
sufficient.