Re: Time Issues

[Aly Dharshi <aly dharshi uleth ca>]

Is this the only server you have, maybe you could setup another server 
without date and time problems to act as a ntp server, also try positing 
you question to the Dell PE mailing list you may get some serious 
answers there.

Mark patchett wrote:
> One of my customers currently has the following system:
>
> Dell PowerEdge 1600SC (P4 2.40Ghz)
> PERC3 RAID controller (3 SCSI drives RAID 5)
> IDE 20/40GB Tapedrive (Travan)
> RedHat Linux 8.0 (unpatched)
>
> The problem they have is that the time on the server will drift about 2 
> hours or so (the hardware clock stays in sync with the system clock so 
> they both get about 2 hours off).  The time drift is also not exact -- 
> not just the hours drift but the minutes do as well.  This has been a 
> real frustration as the server hosts a timecard system that users use to 
> clock-in and clock-out of.  The company does not have Internet access 
> (yet) so I cannot use the ntpd to keep the time correct.  Are there any 
> issues with RH 8.0 and time drift?   Any info would be appriciated.
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online  
> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

--
Aly S.P Dharshi
aly dharshi uleth ca
Student System Administrator/Network Analyst LDAP Project
Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
University of Lethbridge

 "A good speech is like a good dress
 that's short enough to be interesting
 and long enough to cover the subject"