> Boot with <kernel> init=/bin/bash and then go into the /etc/init.d and grep > for setting the clock. After greping for a while, to no avail, I decided that OS X would solve my problem. And it did. OS X had a friendly setting for setting the clock to an ntp server. It was set but no server listed. Aparently OS X has the power to write to Open Firmware itself. No battery needed. No waiting for mobile Linux. > > florin > > PS: this advice is not worth a beer 8-) ... it's the last resort Well, if I get the chance. -- Spencer Underground mailto:spencer at sihope.com deltree c:\windows /y whois microsoft.com