[CentOS] Clock Drifts Off
Eric Wood
eric at interplas.com
Sat Feb 3 13:16:31 UTC 2007
Jim Perrin wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Matt <lm7812 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I installed CentOS 4.4 32 bit on a dual core AMD64 motherboad. Its a
>> Tyan Tomcat K8E motherboard with socket 939. The clock keeps drifting
>> off like 5+ minutes an hour. Run ntpupdate hourly to compensate.
>>
>> Any ideas why or how to fix?
>
> Probably a buggy/unsupported apci setup. Look for a bios update, or
> use the kernel options 'clock=pmtmr' or 'clock=pit'
>
Even microsoft offers linux solutions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918461
-eric wood
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