Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:02:23 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Dave <friend@vortex4.net> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Server 3300 hardware clock Message-ID: <86d5tcargw.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050403070102.GI15750@vortex4.net> References: <BE743762.4EDE6%kylea@prismequine.com> <20050403070102.GI15750@vortex4.net>
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Dave <friend@vortex4.net> writes: > 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. You shouldn't be running 5.0-RELEASE. > > 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. > 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 :> no. you want ntpdate_enable="YES" ntpd_enable="YES" both ntpdate and ntpd use the servers listed in /etc/ntp.conf, which should contain something like server europe.pool.ntp.org server europe.pool.ntp.org server europe.pool.ntp.org round-robin DNS will take care of the rest. obviously, if you're not in Europe, you'll want to use a different pool. the official list of public ntp servers is at http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome if you just want to set the clock once, run # ntpdate pool.ntp.org pool.ntp.org pool.ntp.org DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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