I'd like to keep the date and time on the Overo to be current. Down the line I think I'll be using the date/time to timestamp some stuff. Since it doesn't keep an accurate clock when it's shut down I need to update it when it boots. I imagine later I will setup my own ntp server so that they won't require internet access but for now pool.ntp.org will work fine. To get this running I basically followed the directions given here.
- I installed ntpdate
- I installed tzdata so that it gives the correct time (Pacific) by creating the symbolic link ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime
Works pretty well, just doesn't update the time on boot. I'll have to setup a cron job.
Last modified Tue, 13 Sep, 2011 at 8:36
