I want to change the timezone settings on the OpenMicroServer. How can I do this?
First, note that while the English factory standard firmware has the time zone set to Japan, this was changed to UTC with version 0.4-RELEASE-20080727.en If you are booting the default installation from the flash ROM, more steps are necessary: you need to first provide the necessary files, and then store them in the flash ROM user area. • Download the HDD image (base.tgz) version of the firmware and extract the directory /usr/share/zoneinfo/ and its contents. Copy the timezone date to OMS. • Add this path to /etc/FLASHCFG • Save the data to the second user area with # flashcfg -S /etc/FLASHCFG • Add the line extractuser=YES to rc.conf to read these files from the user area automatically at boot up • Change the symbolic link /etc/localtime to the desired timezone data • Add the path /etc/localtime to /etc/flashcfg • Save the file with # flashcfg -s /etc/flashcfg If you have installed an extended OS distribution on a hard disk or Compact Flash card, you can easily change the time zone: c
