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

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 00:15 +0100, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> It may be sufficient but it is not precise. If for example, I install the
> machine on Friday and boot it on Monday, well first boot time can be used
> but it will not tell the truth. Because the machine was off during the
> weekend, technically we don't care, but administratively it makes some
> difference.
> So, I propose that the installation tool simply writes down on disk the
> time/date of copy completion in some defined disk area, this would be the
> precise "image write" time.

Val:

1. Where do you propose that the installation tool should get this
information from? On many systems no wall clock exists (at all).

2. Why do you care about this useless precision? Give me a concrete
motivating use-case.
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