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Disable NTP sync during boot (USplash) in Ubuntu Linux

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The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency.
NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple code...

sudo apt-get remove ntpdate
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Unknown said…
Does that mean it will never use NTP to sync the system clock, or does it merely delay it until after boot? Delaying it until later on would be a better approach to solving the problem imho.
September 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Terence said…
NTPdate is a one time executable, not a daemon. For it to keep your system time updated constantly, it needs to be integrated into your cron system.

For a more traditional way to keep your system time updated automatically, use ntpd.

See the below for more information:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html
June 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM
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