until you set your clock so that 'date' gives the right time, don't bother doing anything else. Once you get it set, then execute the hwclock --systohc
Craig
On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Russell Jones wrote:
> Thanks, I tried again, rebooted, still 5 hours off slow. The second I
> do "hwclock --hctosys" the time is fine. That's silly to have to do
> that though, I feel like I am missing a configuration parameter
> somewhere.
>
>
>
> [root@nod705 ~]# date
> Thu Aug 9 10:06:36 CDT 2012
>
> [root@nod705 ~]# hwclock
> Thu 09 Aug 2012 03:06:39 PM CDT -0.437183 seconds
>
>
> [root@nod705 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/clock
> # The ZONE parameter is only evaluated by system-config-date.
> # The timezone of the system is defined by the contents of /etc/localtime.
> ZONE="America/Chicago"
> UTC=false
> ARC=false
>
>
>
> [root@nod705 ~]# cat /etc/adjtime
> 0.0 0 0.0
> 0
> LOCAL
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Craig White <craig.white@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Russell Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am having an issue with some older CentOS 5.3 servers. Every time
>>> the server boots, it gives the error "Cannot access the hardware clock
>>> by any known method", and then promptly sets the time 5 hours behind
>>> the hardware clock, down to the second.
>>>
>>> After the system is up. "hwclock" works fine. hwclock --debug does not
>>> show any error at all.
>>>
>>> The hardware clock is configured in local time. /etc/sysconfig/clock
>>> is set to UTC=false and ZONE="America/Chicago". /etc/localtime is a
>>> copy of Chicago's zone file. /etc/adjtime is configured with "LOCAL"
>>> as the third row. I am at a loss as to what is causing this.
>>>
>>> Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks!
>> ----
>> Chicago is GMT +5 if I recall correctly so it would seem that perhaps a previous install used UTC=true to set the hwclock
>>
>> after you get the time set (date -s "08/09/2012 14:54:00" or whatever) then set the hwclock to system time
>>
>> hwclock --systohc
>>
>> Craig
>>
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