Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:57:17 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Clock question Message-ID: <20010924215717.A52B2D4@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0C9@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> References: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0C9@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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On Monday 24 September 2001 01:51 pm, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Beech Rintoul > > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 2:38 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Clock question > > > > > > I have an old 486 on our net that works perfectly except for > > the clock. > > ntp resets the time constantly, and this box looks like it > > gains about 2 > > minutes an hour. Is there anything I can do to get this under control? > > The box runs as secondary DNS and works great for that purpose. > > BTW it's running 4.4-STABLE. > > When I setup ntpd on my old 486 some time ago, someone on the list > suggested adding some options to the kernel and recompiling. I don't > understand what it does but it worked for me and my clock was way off. > Here's a clip from the message: > > <clip> > Another thing you can try is changing your clock source. Add the > following lines to your kernel config file and recompile: > > options CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION > options CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION > > That should calibrate two internal clocks against the CMOS clock, which > is usually pretty accurate. > </clip> > > Good Luck! > > Drew > > > Beech Thanks, I'll give that a try. -- Micro$oft: "Where can we make you go today?" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - IT Manager - Instructor - akbeech@anchoragerescue.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | P.O. Box 230510 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99523-0510 / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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