Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:22:28 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Clock question Message-ID: <20010925182228.BDDB4B3@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <002201c1457d$5c9ff560$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <002201c1457d$5c9ff560$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Monday 24 September 2001 08:48 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > You should also try recompiling the kernel without apm and disable apm > in the BIOS (if it has it), as this is known to have trouble with clocks. > > Also verify that the CPU speed jumpers and multiplier jumpers and all > that are correctly set. > > Ted Mittelstaedt > tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD > Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: > http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Beech Rintoul > >Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:38 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Clock question > > > > > >I have an old 486 on our net that works perfectly except for the clock. > >ntp resets the time constantly, and this box looks like it gains about 2 > >minutes an hour. Is there anything I can do to get this under control? > >The box runs as secondary DNS and works great for that purpose. > >BTW it's running 4.4-STABLE. > > > >Beech > > Thanks Ted, but adding the two options lines seems to have corrected the problem. Now it only sets the time occasionally. This box doesn't have apm in the bios and I went ahead and commented it out of the kernel config just to be sure. Beech -- Micro$oft: "Where can we make you go today?" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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