Error when starting : files too young not updating

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WC2F
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Error when starting : files too young not updating

Post by WC2F »

Hopefully someone can tell me how to fix this error

When I plug it in this message shows up

File too young not updating

I tried rebooting nothing same message shows up

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Miguel wc2f
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Re: Error when starting : files too young not updating

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I would suspect your R-Pi clock is/was off at some time in the past...

On initial boot, R-Pi's use some onboard file that tends to indicate the time it was shut-down, then some time after network connectivity updates the running clock time via NTP.

"files too young" would seem to indicate that a batch of files had been updated during a session where your clock was set to some date in the future. Now, with a correct date, the system is seeing potential update files that -- by date stamp -- are "older" than the date stamp of files on the R-Pi itself.

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Dennis L Bieber
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Re: Error when starting : files too young not updating

Post by WC2F »

But how do I fix it ?

Do I have to open a ss session and update something?

Tnx
dh3ybe
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Re: Error when starting : files too young not updating

Post by dh3ybe »

Hello,
Maybe in that way
https://raspberrytips.com/set-date-time-raspberry-pi/

Login via console - expert ssh and try the command
sudo date -s '2021-01-04 13:04:00'
With correct date an time.

BR
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Re: Error when starting : files too young not updating

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dh3ybe wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:22 am Hello,
Maybe in that way
https://raspberrytips.com/set-date-time-raspberry-pi/

Login via console - expert ssh and try the command
sudo date -s '2021-01-04 13:04:00'
With correct date an time.
If an update is being performed, then there is network connectivity.
If there is network connectivity, then the NTP service should have obtained the correct date/time from the net.

The error message doesn't say the time NOW is incorrect -- it is claiming that files ON the R-Pi have a modification timestamp that is somewhere in the future (ie: files exist with timestamps AFTER the timestamp of the update...

somefile on R-Pi: modification time 2022 Apr 04 12:01:02.003
samefile in Update: modification time 2021 Dec 31 23:59:59.999

Update file is "older" than file on R-Pi -- so do not overwrite it)

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