Re: Dual-core system will not create NTP peers
On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 22:16 -0600, Moshe Yudkowsky wrote:
> I have discovered the source of the problem: the file
> /etc/default/adjtimex had a TICK value of 9750. That's 2.5% less than
> the standard value of 10000 and accounts exactly for the clock skew I
> observed.
Oh, I wish I'd remembered that file. I had that problem way back in 2003
when I switched from an old K7 system to a dual Opteron. I used the same
hard drive and everything. I didn't reinstall. The old value was very
different from the new value.
Something to keep in mind when upgrading a motherboard.
-s
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