[Bug 43745] Re: Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops

[Jere Retzer]

This occurred yesterday on a new install of 6.10 edgy desktop on a new
Dell Latitude D820 with BIOS A03. BIOS diagnostics from setup the RTC
failed. Clock raced until edgy came up. Disconnected and reconnected the
coin-cell battery as instructed and set the BIOS clock on startup. BIOS
passed diagnostics. System seems OK.

Questions: does this situation risk corrupting or losing data? Will I
likely see the problem recur? Our group will not be able to use Ubuntu
if the answer to these questions is yes.

Thanks

-- 
Ubuntu corrupts real time clock on some dell laptops
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43745