[ntp:questions] ntp in VM cannot synchronize
David Woolley
david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Wed Dec 31 21:21:33 UTC 2008
TopCut GmbH / Ludwig Öfele wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> I am using a debian (testing) linux on a virtual machine of VMWare (in a
> linux host).
> I found, that the time in the VM was awfully wrong and hoped to fix this
> with ntp.
No. Assuming VMWare, you fix the host machine with NTP, then use VMWare
tools, with the right options, to control the time on the guest. Note
that, even then, there will be a large amount of jitter in the software
clock time on the guest, as time is virtualised.
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