From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 06:51:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21F816A4D7 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 06:51:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tabernacle.vortex4.net (tabernacle.vortex4.net [69.36.240.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9F643D46 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 06:51:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from friend@vortex4.net) Received: from paquita (66-117-135-219.rdsl.lmi.net [66.117.135.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tabernacle.vortex4.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A10228457; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:51:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from friend by paquita with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DHz6U-0002fn-00; Sat, 02 Apr 2005 23:01:02 -0800 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 23:01:02 -0800 To: "Kyle S. Allender" Message-ID: <20050403070102.GI15750@vortex4.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux paquita 2.6.7 X-System-Stats: 10:08:32 up 15 days, 12:00, 4 users, load average: 0.23, 0.05, 0.02 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Dave cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Server 3300 hardware clock X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 06:51:30 -0000 If you ntpdate at startup, your system clock will be set to the date you get via ntp regardless of skew. Put the following in /etc/rc.conf: ntp_enable="YES" ntp_flags="-b ntp.server.here" ntpd_enable="YES" That should get you set up :> Dave On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 11:49:54AM -0600, Kyle S. Allender wrote: > I'm having a problem with FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE on a Digital Server 3300 (or > at least I think it's a 3300). I converted this from an NT 4 server machine > almost 3 years ago and it's been running fine under 4.x/5.x for a very long > time. > > However, one issue I've continually had with this machine is that the > hardware clock is off by almost 2 hours. Ntpd can't keep the correct time > because the hardware clock is too far off. > > I've tried various things, but for the life of me can't remember how to get > back to the correct console to reset the clock time. > > Can someone out there on the list help me get this fixed? I'd like to move > to 5.3 for this system, but want the clock fixed first (it's driving me > batty). > > Any asisstance is greatly appreciated. > > Thanx. > > -- > > Kyle Allender > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Dave Cotton friend@vortex4.net