> I've seen situations where people have put ntpdate in a cronjob to get > around issues with big time jumps at boot or dodgy clocks under > virtualization. There are much better solutions to this problem, so > let us know if this is the case for you. > put "tinker panic 0" in your ntp.conf. This stops ntpd from throwing a wobbly if it sees large jumps in time and will keep clocks in virtualised environments ticking along.