Compact flash interface, Sd card interface, Real time clock (rtc) – Digi 9P 9360/9750 User Manual

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I n t e r f a c e s & D e v i c e s

Compact flash interface

CC9P6360/9750

A driver for the internal Compact Flash (CF) card interface is included and enabled in the

default kernel configuration.

A CF card can be mounted as follows

SD card interface

A SD card can be mounted as follows:

Real time clock (RTC)

A driver for the RTC, which is connected to the I2C interface, is included and enabled in

the default kernel configuration.

The system time and date is automatically set to the values of the RTC when the kernel

boots. This is done by calling /sbin/hwclock -s.

How to set the initial system date and time

Initially, the RTC doesn’t have a correct time/date value, so establish the correct time/date

on the Linux system using the date command. The parameters are given in the format

MMDDhhmmYYYY (month,day,hour,minutes,year). For example, if the date is June, 3

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2005, at 13:22 enter:

#

lxmount cf

#

ls -l /media/cf

#

lxmount sd

#

ls -l /media/sd

#

date 060313222005

Fri Jun 3 13:22:00 UTC 2005

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