Beware Vmware time drift

[Everett, Vernon]

Hi all

I tried running Hobbit on Ubuntu Linux in a a VM.
The main problem I discovered is massive time drift when running any
Linux-type OS in a VM. 
(This is a documented problem, but you have to search for the document)
I was looking at drifts of over 20 minutes per hour. Keeping tabs on any
events is almost impossible.
There is a clinet available for some Linux flavours which will keep the
local clock in sync with the host clock, but I couldn't find one for
Ubuntu, and it was easier just to install Solaris 10 on a PC.
For my purposes, I have to conclude that running Hobbit on Linux in an
MS-Windows VM is not an option.

Cheers
   Vernon

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] 
Sent: Friday, 11 August 2006 5:09 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] Pre-configured VMware hobbitserver available for
download

I've put together a VMware virtual machine configured with Debian Linux
and a Hobbit server installation. If you have the VMware Player
installed (free download from www.vmware.com), this lets you have a
demonstration / test / play-around-with-stuff Hobbit server running
without setting up a dedicated server for it.

Since VMware Player is available for MS-Windows, it will even let you
run a Hobbit server on a Windows-based system, although at the cost of
having a virtual server running (i.e. you'll need a bit of RAM to
support it).

For those who want to play with it, it is available from the Hobbitmon
"Files" area on sourceforge.net. Choose the "hobbitdemo" package:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058&package_id=
200171

Just one warning: It's a 250 MB download.


Regards,
Henrik


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