[H-GEN] Clock Time Loss When Copying Files

[Frank Brand]

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On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
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> On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Frank Brand wrote:
> 

> I wonder if the machine is masking out timer interrupts while doing IO,
> and so losing time.  (Is it a slow machine or hard drive?)  In that case
> it would be interesting to see what the hardware real-time-clock says
> compared to the system clock.  If it is accurate, then you can use it to
> reset the system clock at regular intervals, or you could run NTP.
> 


No I would not describe it as slow AMD K6 2 500, 128 Mb RAM

I suspect that the file transfer by network may make it a bit slow if it has to
share the network link with other machines. I suspect that you are correct in
that it suspends reference to the clock while a long I/O process occurs.



> 
> I think I've heard of it happening using IDE CDROM burners. 


This is an IDE HDD.

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