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Re: getting sysclock to match hwclock



On Mon, 25 Oct, 1999 à 09:52:51PM +0200, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct, 1999 à 08:26:09PM +0200, Patrik Magnusson wrote:
> > 
> > I was under the impression (I still am) that it's a bad thing to just set the system 
> > clock back. Instead you should get it to run slower (or faster - I don't see
> > how it could be harmful to set the system clock ahead though -) until it matches
> > the hardware clock, and then get it to run at 'normal' speed again.
> > Is this correct?
> > If it is, is there some switch that makes adjtimex do this, or some other tool?
> > And yes, I have read the man page for adjtimex, it's just that most of it is 
> > undecipherable to me.
> > 
> I wrote a document (in French) on this topic. You can found it on 
> <http://www.linux-france.org/article/sys/heure.html>. The SGML source can be
> found in the same directory. Translators are welcomed.
> 
A little mistake in the URL, I should have written :
<http://www.linux-france.org/article/sys/heure/index.html>

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