DaveB wrote:
In article <slrnlau41o.i6t.koste...@stasis.kostecke.net>,
koste...@ntp.org says...
On 2013-12-16, DaveB <spam.g...@nowhere.com> wrote:
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For now, I've a commented out line in /etc/rc.conf
# ntpq_program="/usr/local/bin/ntpq"
Commented out as I don't know if that will work. (I'm still re-
educating myself with the neuances of BSD, it's been a while.)
Your shell searches for executables in the directories specified by your
PATH. /usr/local/bin needs to appear in your PATH before /usr/bin if you
want the "ports" versions of commands to override the "system" commands.
Or set up a shell alias.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/shells.html
Hi Steve.
Thanks for that link, generaly the handbook just leaves me cold. It's a
good reference, if you sort of already know what to do in the first
place, but it's rubbish to learn from sadly...
That page is better than most however, thanks again.
I'm currently stuck, trying to get the system sources, so I can enable
PPS support in the kernel. The old "sysinstall" seems broken, in as
much as it cant seem to download anything from anywhere.
Where as, the newer "bsdinstall" program, want's to reformat the hard
drive and start over each time!
So...
How do I get the system sources downloaded in a usable form, so I can
enable pps support in the kernel and use that. Or, do I have to trash
the system and start over(again?)
It seems (also, again) that all the documentation is some way behind
even the stable release versions. I can understand that with third
party sites, but not the main FreeBSD handbook or other pages.
I'm just about to install freebsd again, my 5.2.1 wasn't really
used, and I just downloaded isos for both i386 and x64 9.2
"ftp://ftp2.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/9.2/";
Rather than trash the system you could try the freebsd-update
utility. This probably won't solve your ntp pps problem but it
may give you a clean start for build and install of a new kernel
and base system from source. With NetBSD it just needs addition
of PPS_SYNC and HZ options to the kernel config, build, copy new
kernel and reboot.
David
Sorry for the bother...
Regards All.
Dave B.
PS. The best overall general installation and post install config guide
I've found so far for FreeBSD9.x is at:- http://www.a1poweruser.com/
Web based text format, and downloadable pdf too.
As well as the usual places specific to setting up GPS disiplined NTP
servers. But, see above re getting the system sources, or not....
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