>>Looks like ntpdate was waiting on net connections to finish setting the clock. >>Either we should make it fork, or we should allow multiple initscripts >>to start at once (I thought the latter was being looked into?). > It can't fork -- some later init scripts may require precise > synchronization (e.g. kerberos-related services). If you want to run > time sync, you'll have to wait for it to finish. I trust the hardware clock enough that there should be an option not to wait for ntpdate. The machine boots within a few hours (usually, mere minutes) of controlled shutdown. Plus, I'm willing to tolerate a slop of 2 or 3 seconds for the first half a minute, in order to save 15 seconds of time at bootup. -- -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list