Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:56:44 -0800 From: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: "Brent Jones" <brent.jones@otago.ac.nz> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cmos clock to utc time code? Message-ID: <60c2cba1d147b49bb5faf48c10b94add@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F0642BB68@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> References: <cc27b6348de6c5969cade3d9d68fa230@prodigy.net> <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F0642BB68@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz>
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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
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