Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:56:52 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: minor syslog issue Message-ID: <5542959D.6090200@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com> 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> <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com>
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On 04/30/15 15:43, John Howie wrote: > Aha, the missing piece of information! That will make a huge difference. > > Have you considered using a GPS or cellular connection for more accurate timekeeping? > > 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: >> >>> 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 has no hardware clock. The time keeping will be (relatively) terrible. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> Actually, it keeps pretty good time. I do have a DS3231 RTC chip on the GPIO 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. >> >> -- >> >> William A. Mahaffey III >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war >> ever devised by man." >> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" My ISP is a stratum-3 server (used to be 2 a few years back) & I'm straying less than 1 usec after an hour or 2 up (I unplug from the WWW every night & whenever I'm going to be away from the LAN for a while). I'm happy enough w/ their time-keeping. If that DS3231 support comes in (they *are* working on it, AFAIK), I'll be solid enough for my needs. I should look into running it diskless, but I am still pretty far down the ol' learning curve. This exercise was/is partly/mostly for learning, although it does a good job as my time-master. Next job is to get another one (RPiB+) setup as a WAP for my LAN .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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