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Date:      Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:37:12 +0000
From:      John Howie <john@thehowies.com>
To:        "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: minor syslog issue
Message-ID:  <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com>
In-Reply-To: <554288A3.7070108@hiwaay.net>
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Aha, the missing piece of information! That will make a huge difference.

Have you considered using a GPS or cellular connection for more accurate ti=
mekeeping?

Also, I diskless boot a couple of my RPIs to avoid all SHDC wear and tear. =
You might want to look at that, too. You could avoid using syslog to write =
to a loghost in this fashion, if they boot from your existing box.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 30, 2015, at 15:55, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote=
:
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>> On 04/30/15 14:56, John Howie wrote:
>> A little OT but do you really want the RPI to be your time server? It ha=
s no hardware clock. The time keeping will be (relatively) terrible.
>>=20
>> Sent from my iPhone
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> Actually, it keeps pretty good time. I do have a DS3231 RTC chip on the G=
PIO slot, however, it is not (yet) fully supported. As long as there are no=
 power burps (yes it is on an UPS), I am OK.
>=20
> --=20
>=20
>    William A. Mahaffey III
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