Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> writes: > On 2012-02-20, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: >> I have seen this message after power-cycling an ALIX. >> If completely switched off (take the power cord out), >> the message appears on the next boot. On subsequent soft >> reboots (without taking the power cord out) the message >> does not appear. That makes me speculate that the battery >> does not really work: it only keeps a charge when AC >> is plugged in. > > Most models of Alix do not have a battery
I figure Jan has already thought of this, but for my own edification: wouldn't putting ntpd_flags="-s" in /etc/rc.conf.local--well, not fix, but hide the problem (provided there is network connectivity) once the system actually comes up? Or would that Be Bad?
