Bug 4260

Summary:	emphasis needed on time zone instructions to avoid confusing clock drift problem
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	cwillisf
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) <meekrob>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	peitolm, seemant
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description cwillisf 2002-06-27 20:43:27 UTC

The installation guide should probably put some more emphasis on the
instructions to set the /etc/localtime link and (if appropriate) set the time
zone options in /etc/rc.conf BEFORE the first boot of the system. Otherwise,
after the first boot, /etc/adjtime will have unreasonably large values in it,
and will cause an unexplained major clock drift after several reboots.
Also, it should probably be mentioned somewhere (the FAQ maybe?) that if you're
having a large, unexplained clock drift, you probably did this and need to reset
your /etc/adjtime file.

Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-09-05 23:43:07 UTC

Fixed in the 1.4 install doc.

//ZhEN