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debian vmware virtual machine clock syncronisation
Posted by gpall on Tue 15 Apr 2008 at 19:41
I run vmware server 1.0.5 on a linux debian lenny. The VM is also debian lenny.
Without any further confirmation, the clock drifts like crazy!
I tried to run ntpdate on the lenny VM, every 5 minutes for example, but the clock drift was such that ntpdate did not even start!
Not to get long, the solution, after having tried various things, is this:
Boot the kernel of the VM with these options:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro clocksource=pit nosmp noapic
and also install the vmware tools onto the VM. Enable clock syncronisation from the vmware tools, and you're done!
Without any further confirmation, the clock drifts like crazy!
I tried to run ntpdate on the lenny VM, every 5 minutes for example, but the clock drift was such that ntpdate did not even start!
Not to get long, the solution, after having tried various things, is this:
Boot the kernel of the VM with these options:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/sda1 ro clocksource=pit nosmp noapic
and also install the vmware tools onto the VM. Enable clock syncronisation from the vmware tools, and you're done!
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Great solution :)
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