> > I am use to old hardware (i486DX) having problems keeping time on the > hardware clock. But isn't the system clock a separate thing? I am losing > about 4 min on the system clock for every 10 minutes of real time. I've > googled around for clock drift information. What I found suggests that > a system under heavy load with the 2.6.x kernel on certain hardware > might show this symptom. I've yet to try it, but I've read that adding > "clock=pit noapic nolapic" to the boot parameters should fix it. > > Is this something that will affect an LFS build? I don't like the idea > of finding out towards the end that it will. That is my main concern. > Should I ignore the clock issue? Is this something I should concern > myself about? Any advice would be welcome. > > Thanks in Advance, > Mykal Funk > > I'm not sure about a permanent fix, but a script to update the time with a ntp server might help. I'm not sure of the best method for offline use unless someone can absolve this issue with a more permanent solution.
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