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> References: <55422366.8060000@hiwaay.net> <554229CE.30009@infracaninophile.co.uk> <55422E43.8090206@hiwaay.net> <5542348D.8000109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <5542398B.4000405@hiwaay.net>, <55424715.3080607@infracaninophile.co.uk> <D001AAE5-2823-4139-913E-979C7FB802BC@thehowies.com>, <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= : >=20 >> 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 >=20 > 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 >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > ever devised by man." > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"
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