Date of a FreeBSD installation

[krad]

On 14 January 2011 15:37, Chip Camden <sterling at camdensoftware.com> wrote:

> Quoth n j on Friday, 14 January 2011:
> > >>> I'm just guessing if there is a way to know a FreeBSD installation
> date.
> > >>> We can't look after the uname -a ident since an update of the FreeBSD
> > >>> kernel is possible.
> >
> > How about looking at /proc or /mnt?
> >
> > On a couple of my boxes that I checked, those files came up being the
> > oldest and probably match the installation date.
> >
> > --
> > Nino
>
> For me, /proc is older, /mnt is newer, than the install date.
>
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its nice to know the installation date, but im not sure what it gains you
technically.