On 12/6/2011 11:30 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote: > I'm not saying one should not set the clock on system startup. > > I'm saying I'm not aware of good reasons to set the clock > before starting ntpd at system startup.
Embedded Systems that don't have a nonvolatile RTC TOY, (or other source of time). Yes, they often start by setting the time / date to to the most recent compile time, and/or the most recent file time stamp they can find. Yes, ntpd -g can be used instead of ntpdate. -- E-Mail Sent to this address <blackl...@anitech-systems.com> will be added to the BlackLists. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions