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<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I just
finished going through the time sync problem, and here's the info I
used:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>To
configure ESX 2.5.x Server: <A
href="http://tinyurl.com/ycpcfv">http://tinyurl.com/ycpcfv</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>To
configure Windows Guest OS: <A
href="http://tinyurl.com/yctxrr">http://tinyurl.com/yctxrr</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>To
configure CentOS w/o X installed, you still need to install the vmware tools.
Edit the vmx file for your guest, tools.syncTime="TRUE". In grub.conf, add
clock=pmtmr as a kernel option. You'll need to shutdown the guest OS, reload the
vmx file, then restart the system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If you
have X running, then you can use the vmware tools much like windows to configure
time sync with the host system.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>HTH</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656525217-17102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>