From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 04:56:25 2007 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 DB51D16A418 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 04:56:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp117.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp117.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.64.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C0CAF13C494 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 04:56:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 93526 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2007 04:56:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=fXltluNq8aheurVlMvFJMP960vL+7YVNaAZPufwyWuv+q3oK5PlOTXaaEfokvQf6Od9MMA0+GYlmfmnmQsto3eYxUOZkejNcFJD4OJIzksA7PoE527VC+VyuTQ0jgAQVR86ZoGCa58Pddlo7/AlkksU4nMrXme2QBPtNgenSKo8= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp117.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Nov 2007 04:56:18 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 6_z3C6oVM1liTXYTsBqLh_qxq8i5YhdtWo2pEsEk41Mn3y_DbXdL2xUfOdEINN1wKKZto0_U5mJfeoVZRorG..3F2D.28K6y6gcpLoVDt1tDBCTLyQ-- In-Reply-To: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F0642BB68@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F0642BB68@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <60c2cba1d147b49bb5faf48c10b94add@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:56:44 -0800 To: "Brent Jones" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: cmos clock to utc time code? 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: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:56:25 -0000 On Nov 8, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Brent Jones wrote: > There's no time zone setting in a cmos clock. Just set the time to > whatever UTC is, and you should be good to go. Ideally though, you > should have the system do an ntpdate command first, which will take > care > of the clock issue for you. Just put: > > ntpdate_enable="YES" > > in your rc.conf file, and it will run before ntpd starts. I have ntpd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf already, would there be a conflict? While this machine is being configured with all the functional software I want working, hub mail server with Cyrus, Apache/php/mysql. while I am getting everything set up and tested the machine will not be running 24/7 so ntpdate would probably be a better choice, but once all is square with the world, it will be running 24/7 and I have three other machines that will use it to get their time set (unless I have misunderstood and this is not possible or practical) Thank you for your response Jeff K > > > -----Original Message----- > Hello again; > Here I am with another awkward question: > I have set up ntp and it is complaining that > the time difference is too great; 3606 or so > seconds, and wants the system clock set to > utc. I rebooted and entered bios set up > but I did not see any explicit clues on how > to set this clock to utc. (0r even if it is possible). > The motherboard is ECS w/AMD64. I did > not catch the bios vendor or version. If I have > to I will reboot again to look at it or dig up the > manual for the motherboard. > I tried sysinstall but it just asks if the system > clock is set to utc. (thus the question here) > Any advice, suggestions, info appreciated; > Thanks in advance > Jeff K