[hobbit] Beware Vmware time drift

[ZanDAhaR]

Everett, Vernon wrote:
> 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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I had this once before with a a 2.4 kernel host and 2.6 guest, or vice 
versa and the guest was drifting like there was no tommorow. Not sure if 
your problem is the same though

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=10158

 From memory that ended up fixing our problem the clock=pit in the boot 
line and it hasnt missed a beat yet. Otherwise yeah NTP or the vmware 
time sync would not hold it

Allan