On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 10:23:47AM -0800, brian@worldcontrol.com wrote: > routr# rdate -s time.nist.gov > routr# setclock > routr# date > Thu Nov 25 10:18:12 PST 1999 > > routr# shutdown -f -h now > > (power off) > (power on) > > .... > > routr# date > Thu Nov 4 11:41:48 PST 1999
I've seen similar behavior. It was caused by a mistake when setting
the clock on a freshly installed system. Somehow my error
propagated into /etc/adjtime, causing an enormous clock adjust at boot
time. Look at the first number in /etc/adjtime on the first line: it
should be in the range -10.0...10.0 to be reasonable (I have 1.3).
It is safe to throw this file away (see man hwclock, man adjtimex).
--
Frank
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