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Date:      Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:42:18 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: clock running fast
Message-ID:  <20041231074218.GA28111@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <24264.1104440350@dog.pfcs.com>
References:  <41D458DF.3020706@bluewin.ch> <24264.1104440350@dog.pfcs.com>

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On Thu, 2004-Dec-30 15:59:10 -0500, Harlan Stenn wrote:
>> Remove /var/db/ntpd.drift before you reboot or restart your ntpd.
>
>Why would you want to do this?

On a number of occasions, I've had the ntpd PLL start oscillating and
winding up saturated at +500ppm or -500ppm.  Removing ntpd.drift lets
it recover.  Admittedly, this was mostly on old versions of ntpd - I'm
not sure if the problem is still present.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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