clock synchronization with ntp server in Live CD

[Robert Valk]

> >> To deactivate it completly:
> >>
> >> sudo update-rc.d -f ntpdate remove
> >
> > Sure, and you could just remove /etc/init.d/ntpdate, but the next time
> > ntpdate got updated through apt it would put it back, along with  
> > all the
> > init links.
> >
> > It's one of the problems I've noted with Debian distros and sysv  
> > for years,
> > and I still can't see a good way to fix it.  We need some way to be  
> > able to
> > override the init scripts that run at boot time that will survive  
> > through
> > updatess.
> 
> If you remove the symbolic link /etc/rc2.d/ntpdate, the other (rc3,  
> rc4, etc.) links will remain and if ntpdate is updated the link will  
> not be recreated.  However in the live CD case, this would require  
> remastering and it would probably be just as easy to not include  
> ntpdate.  At worst, the lack of an internet connection will only  
> delay the boot process so it probably isn't worth the effort.  I  
> tested a live CD on a system with an internet connection but no DHCP  
> server and the delay wasn't objectional (I could set up a static IP  
> connection after the system was running, but of course this was after  
> ntpdate had timed out).

Will changing config files help on a live CD?