never run ntpd inside a virtual machine. Run it on the host. http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/329/1420_f.SAL_Public.html http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/KnownOsIssues#Section_9.2.2.1.
On 2009 Apr 14 (Tue) at 09:37:38 +0100 (+0100), Clifford Bailey wrote: :Hi, : :I'm trying to run a couple of ntp servers using openntpd on openbsd :4.2 running as a vm on a vmware esx server. My problem is that the :machines never seem to become completely stable. They become :syncronised, but in 24 hours they may lose syncronisation 2 or 3 :times. -- Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from where you left them to where you can't find them.
