From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 7 17:10:49 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 7C4541065673 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:10:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4CB8FC20 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so776692ywe.13 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:10:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=z1z8tU/HqjqltYscfXlH2ngoZcrtOew+/XTWfpgV37U=; b=LTWNnY4pND5MNj/sXIrkqfydqxbhSRaToV302p+t5eVPmKt1B3He5zSdLH8AJCXMFe aOTVlmVvEK2R+89je2tPXgyXy58Oaf+ytcgCQ9cCXFNVdZEMm9ojfRAYqsjDtmjx7/Ux 5JpuPbIZ3hhQ6bG0duQ1N5qktMFe7GDKXtyHc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=D4srMEwCJ0vry1gBRGFR9e8lUvpfM6cysRcshG0UnSobJoIDHb3vlh3NVRp92Slhe7 eFYf0JhYwB5jOKakAkcSyEfe4Ry6uyaoRjpJ6scualwhCnScf5edJmx7YhGxkobZflAU kipq1Y1sIQDhgViN8/rhVmxnlMGs26EAQJRfI= Received: by 10.150.212.12 with SMTP id k12mr2603037ybg.228.1212858643719; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.219.9 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 10:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <991123400806071010l65178e51wfba6467f6fa48eb2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:10:43 +0300 From: "Odhiambo Washington" To: "Peter Thoenen" In-Reply-To: <484A8D73.8040803@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <48499CCD.2010708@m2.seamanpaper.com> <991123400806062332r70a7b34co5c93ad14fdacb79f@mail.gmail.com> <484A8D73.8040803@yahoo.com> Cc: jeff@seamanpaper.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware timekeeping 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: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:10:49 -0000 On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Peter Thoenen wrote: >> 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 > > How long do you keep it up though Odhiambo and how intensive are you using > your native OS? I have a similar setup and while it sync's on boot, I > routinely lose 15 minutes a day (I keep it up 24x7). I think it is not so > much a bug in VMware as opposed to the host OS running slower than it thinks > (e.g. maybe a second of OS time is really 1.000001 seconds of real time > adding up over long periods) if the native OS is under moderate to heavy > use. I keep mine running non-stop (as long as the host OS is running)). I never shut down my workstation at all, unless stupid Windows install some updates and reboots itself. And besides FreeBSD, there are other guest OSes installed, but these others are run once in a while, and would be on for 2 days or so. I've never realized any time loss. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards!" --from a /. post