until you set your clock so that 'date' gives the right time, don't bother doing anything else. Once you get it set, then execute the hwclock --systohc Craig On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Russell Jones wrote: > Thanks, I tried again, rebooted, still 5 hours off slow. The second I > do "hwclock --hctosys" the time is fine. That's silly to have to do > that though, I feel like I am missing a configuration parameter > somewhere. > > > > [root at nod705 ~]# date > Thu Aug 9 10:06:36 CDT 2012 > > [root at nod705 ~]# hwclock > Thu 09 Aug 2012 03:06:39 PM CDT -0.437183 seconds > > > [root at nod705 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock > # The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date. > # The timezone of the system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime. > ZONE="America/Chicago" > UTC=false > ARC=false > > > > [root at nod705 ~]# cat /etc/adjtime > 0.0 0 0.0 > 0 > LOCAL > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Craig White <craig.white at ttiltd.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ craig.white at ttiltd.com 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ttiassessments.com Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired success? Let us help!