On Thursday 16 November 2006 20:19, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > Carla Schroder wrote: > > replying to my own message: The nice folks at PC Engines say > > > > "Four reasons: > > > > - One more thing to break... > > - tinyBIOS doesn't use CMOS RAM to store setup (safely stored in flash) > > - time servers... > > - limited shelf life / recycling hassles" > > > > So I guess I was wrong about losing BIOS settings, so the main hassle is > > losing the date and time. I know, run ntpdate at boot. :) > > > > This is going to take some getting used to! > > Carla, > > run ntpdate at boot - that's exactly what AstLinux does :). > > I should point out that the WRAP boards we had customized to use as > the Starbox-X DO have RTC batteries... > > However, I have used WRAP boards with and without RTC batteries. I > have never found the lack of an RTC battery to be a significant problem.
Yeah, I had the idea that setup values were reset after a power cycle, but they're not, so the lack of a battery is pretty trivial. I hate to argue with the guru of AstLinux himself, but I don't see ntpdate anywhere. I'm running 4.4. ntpd is chugging away, but ntpdate seems to be AWOL. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder Linux geek and random computer tamer check out my Linux Cookbook! best book for sysadmins and power users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
