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   #Paul to Lew Pitcher   
   Re: LILO: 'timestamp mismatch,' no menu,   
   27 Aug 22 23:42:17   
   
   From: news20k.noreply@threeformcow.myzen.co.uk   
      
   Lew Pitcher  wrote:   
   > A quick peek at the LILO loader source (the assembly modules) shows   
   > that the "timestamp mismatch" error occurs when the loader compares   
   > the timestamps of two files, not by checking the realtime clock.   
      
   I haven't been following all the detail here, but might it be a clock   
   issue? Eg some sort of backwards ntp-inducced time-correction after   
   file creation making it look future-like? Or is there any copying   
   between computers with poorly synchronised clocks?   
      
   #Paul   
      
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