From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 14:40:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6C5106566C for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:40:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF75C8FC18 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-7-225.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.7.225]:51729 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KXdFB-0008Ig-3T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:40:33 +0200 Received: (qmail 20478 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2008 16:40:30 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 25 Aug 2008 16:40:30 +0200 Received: (qmail 33756 invoked by uid 1001); 25 Aug 2008 16:40:30 +0200 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:40:30 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Aryeh Friedman Message-ID: <20080825144030.GA33490@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.7.225 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KXdFB-0008Ig-3T. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KXdFB-0008Ig-3T 33c438bafe5ea3b9b02398ae9692b094 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: keeping clocks synced on a dual boot machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:40:34 -0000 On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:12:22AM -0400, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have a dual boot machine and if I set the Vista clock to the local > time then no matter what I do on the fbsd side (via tzsetup) forces > fbsd to report local time instead of GMT and vice versa (if fbsd is > local then vista is GMT). How can I get them to agree? By using the adjkerntz(8) utility on FreeBSD. I think it is automatically run at startup and then should look for the existence of the file /etc/wall_cmos_clock to determine if the clock is running at local time or UTC. (At least according to the manpage.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se