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Date:      Mon, 17 Sep 2001 21:54:12 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Brian Whalen" <bri@sonicboom.org>, <FJU@Fritzilldo.com>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Setting the time...
Message-ID:  <004d01c13ffd$f5713f40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010917140607.V8615-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Whalen
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:07 PM
>To: FJU@Fritzilldo.com
>Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: Setting the time...
>
>
>I would reboot it to use the bios and get as close as you can.
>
>Use of ntpdate or ntpd after that is the norm..
>

Let me clear somthing up - you should almost always use both ntpdate and
ntpd hand-in-hand.

xntpd will not synchronize the time at boot if it finds the system time is too
wildly off.  This is why ntpdate is run once, before ntpd is started.  ntpdate
forces the system clock to the correct time at boot and ntpd keeps it there.

Also when the system shuts down the adjkerntz program will reset the BIOS
clock to the current time.

Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com



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