Luigi Rosa wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Harlan Stenn said the following on 08/05/11 21:58: > >> - Start ntd as early as possible >> - - "ntpd -g ..." is better than "ntpdate ... ; ntpd ..." >> - Wait before starting time-sensitive services >> - - As last as possible in the boot sequence, run 'ntp-wait -v', and >> start time-sensitive services after it successfully returns. > > What happens if the server starts with a date very far in the past due > to hardware clock reset or something like that? > > I mean: if a Linux starts with the hardware clock set to 1/1/2000 how > much does it take to get the real date?
ntpd -g will set it immediately. /Per Jessen, Zürich