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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:35:36 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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Subject: Re: ntpd v4.2 problem 
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> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:35:46 +0900
> From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> 
> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> > This would be "use -g with ntpd and forget about ntpdate."
> > 
> > H
> > --
> > 
> >>>But make sure your clocks are in sink at the start by using date.
> >>
> >>or add "-g" with the ntpdate_flags, to forcefully adjust time
> >>at the very beginning.
> 
> Yes, you're right. Thanks for the correctoin and apologies
> for my mistake.

If you plan on using "ntpd -g" to set the time at boot, I would also
strongly urge you to consider the use of 'iburst' on the peer/server
lines in you configuration file or you might get bored waiting for the
time to sync.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634