[Voyage-linux] strange slowness possibly related to read-write root

[Darshaka Pathirana]

On 16.07.2009 21:55, Robert Vollmert wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2009, at 18:24, Robert Vollmert wrote:
>
>> I'm running Voyage 0.6 on an ALIX.2D13 and experiencing some strange
>> behaviour, both with 0.6.1 and 0.6.2. My analysis is currently limited
>> by the fact that I can't access the console, but maybe some of you
>> have an idea what's wrong?
> 
> Just to let you know I found the cause for the slow boot after I got
> access to the serial console:
> 
> Due to the clock drift, I had installed "openntpd", and this package
> seems to be quite badly broken. Over the course of a boot, openntpd was
> started three times before my ppp connection was up, and each time it
> hung for ~6 minutes before aborting.

I am very happy with chrony[1]. You just have to set up
"/etc/chrony/chrony.conf" accordingly if you have a permanent
internet connection:

[1] http://packages.debian.org/lenny/chrony

Greetings,
 - Darsha