On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 11:32 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:14 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > > Actually, more time is spent in waiting on the ntp server for the 2 > > boots than in any other part of the process. > > If that's because it's trying to poll internet servers when you don't > have an internet connection, and your connection is via PPP, try this: > > Reset your services so that NTP isn't started at boot. > > Make an /etc/ppp/ip-ip.local script like this: > #!/bin/bash > /sbin/service ntpd restart > > I rarely reboot my server, but noticed that NTP dies while you're > off-line, and never recovers. It motivated me to find a simple > solution. > That is not the issue, simply the wait for connection and time sync during the boot. I am online 24x7 with broadband I could set ntp to not restart at boot but then would need to start it after the boot completed.
