On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:46:58 +0100 Polytropon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:17:39 -0700 (PDT), Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > How do i get around this so i wouldn't have to set the clock every > > time i boot into freebsd? and by the way, does freebsd use the > > CMOS clock? > > An idea would to use NTP to get the exact time from your > local atomic time dealer at system startup. :-) > > See ntpd and ntpdate for further information.
Definitely the best advice. However it doesn't explain why his system apparently fails to retrieve the current date & time from CMOS on boot. Mine always have, though CMOS clocks rarely keep good time, so using NTP after network connection after boot I see initial corrections of several seconds usually .. still it's better than having all your log timestamps screwed after reboot until NTP does its thing. Richard: are you running UTC or local time in CMOS? If the latter, does the file /etc/wall_cmos_clock exist? cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"