[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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