> > I go with crontab and ntpdate (ntpdate-debian). > > If ntpd can't keep sync (?) I guess you'd have to. I'd be a bit worried > about back-stepping the clock during make, though. I haven't seen the system clock getting ahead of the RTC yet. Only slowdown due to SCSI I/O. That said, I prefer not to step the clock manually while a build is in progress. Running ntpdate once at startup is a must, though. Michael