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Subject: Re: vmware timekeeping
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On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Jeff Dickens <jeff@m2.seamanpaper.com> wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 6.3-release as a guest on VMware ESX 3.0.2.  My problem
> is that the clock keeps *gaining* time.  I have the "timesync" option turned
> on in ESX's .vmx file, and I have "hint.apic.0.disabled=1" in my FreeBSD
> guest's /boot/loader.conf.
>
> I used to have "kern.hz=100" in loader.conf, but that caused the guest to
> gain time even faster.
>
> Does anyone have a good recipe for decent timekeeping in this config?

I run FreeBSD 7.0 inside VMware Workstation-6.0.4 (ACE Edition) and I
don't have to setup anything. The time is the always same as the host
OS.

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