* On 2016 14 Aug 13:36 -0500, richard lucassen wrote: > On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 04:18:09 -0700 > Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote: > > > OK, thanks for the comprehensive comparison. Oddly enough, I don't > > have my regular Linux workstation around at the moment, and cannot > > recall how I usually resolve this; probably mostly by almost never > > booting. (Why shutdown when you can suspend?) > > When you install a new machine? Or whenever you boot and there is a > network problem, you will have to wait until ntp times out before you > can do anything. Normally it doesn't bother, but when you're mucking > about with machines you can run into this problem.
Interesting. I've done plenty of installs or boots without a network and don't recall ntp blocking the system startup, at least on Debian and derivatives. I run it on all my computers. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng