[CentOS] Clock Drifts Off

Sat Feb 3 17:58:20 UTC 2007
William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com>

On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 09:44 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
> Matt 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?
> 
> 
> dunno why, but ntpd may be able to correct it.
> <snip ntpd sugestion>

ISTR that several postings to the list have touched on this. I don't
have the problem, so I am unsure of the replies. I do seem to recall
that various types of clock settings can be passed on the kernel line in
the grub menu file. One parameter of "pmtr" (?) sticks in my mind. And
there are others. I think a search of the list archives may yield your
best answer.

Although, ntpd is *still* a good idea. I run it just to take care of
those niggling little seconds of drift that all typical PC hardware
clocks can/will experience over time.

HTH
--
Bill