Hi,
I have a TS-7200 board that boots into a Debian root file system on
Compact Flash. I do not have a real time clock, so I need to get the
time. After I boot into Debian 2.4.26 , I have to bring up the network,
before I can get the time using the following commands.
ifup eth0
ntpdate -u 131.187.13.100 #microsofts NTP server
I would like to do this automatically on boot. However, I am unsure
about where to put the commands. I know that inittab calls files to
execute for each run level. I know that /etc/init.d/rcS calls
/sbin/unconfigured.sh if it exists, which it doesn't, at the beginning.
I know that rcS also calls /sbin/setup.sh, which also doesn't exist, at
the end of the script. I am assuming that I want my machine to get a
date as early as possible so I should be putting it in one of these
files. Can somebody help me out here?
I think that I can get the date robustly by pinging the NTP server and
trying a different one if I don't get a result. That way my system won't
hang on startup. Admittedly, I only just figured my way around my lack
of connection and ntpdate enough to get this far, so I am trying to get
hints in advance. I would appreciate comments here, too? Is ping the
right query, or is there a better one?
If I cannot figure out how to adjust my date from UTP to PST, you might
be getting another email from me. However, hints as to where to look
would save me time.
Thanks all,
Marieke
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