On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time > the server boots, it gives the error "Cannot access the hardware clock > by any known method", and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind > the hardware clock, down to the second. > > After the system is up. "hwclock" works fine. hwclock --debug does not > show any error at all. > > The hardware clock is configured in local time. /etc/sysconfig/clock > is set to UTC=false and ZONE="America/Chicago". /etc/localtime is a > copy of Chicago's zone file. /etc/adjtime is configured with "LOCAL" > as the third row. I am at a loss as to what is causing this. > > Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks! ---- Chicago is GMT +5 if I recall correctly so it would seem that perhaps a previous install used UTC=true to set the hwclock after you get the time set (date -s "08/09/2012 14:54:00" or whatever) then set the hwclock to system time hwclock --systohc Craig