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Bug 4260 - emphasis needed on time zone instructions to avoid confusing clock drift problem
Summary: emphasis needed on time zone instructions to avoid confusing clock drift problem
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2002-06-27 20:43 UTC by cwillisf
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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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