Re: [cobalt-users] RE: NTP Servers Again - Given Up

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on 7-8-02 5:28 AM, chae stated:

> I'm going to put this down to an iffy motherboard - someone in
> previous posts did mention this could be the problem.
> 
> ntpdate and rdate both control the system time and can be adjusted via GUI,
> webmin and command line - what controls the hardware time and is there a
> separate command for this? What makes that run differently from the system
> time, why is there a hardware time?

Chae,
I am not saying it's the motherboard, that is what Cobalt was blaming. I
tend to lean more towards a bad ROM that Cobalt released. Seems the Raq3's
didn't live on the shelf too long. Raq4's came almost right on their
Ethernet port:) I have decided to live with mine. Just get the system time
and hardware to sync once after reboot, sometimes will take a few days and
then I just forget it till the next Cobalt mandated reboot.

Only real problem I see with the clocks is if you have permanent press cycle
and it goes to long. Wrinkled cloths and then an iron. More work but hey, we
look good using blue!!!

;^Q

Dave