.br
.B \%hwclock\ \-\-systohc
.PP
+.in +4
+.BR * " Systems without " adjtimex " may use " ntptime .
+.in
+.PP
Whether maintaining precision time with
.BR \%ntpd (1)
or not, it makes sense to configure the system to keep reasonably good
The System Clock drift is corrected with the
.BR \%adjtimex "(8) command's " \-\-tick " and " \%\-\-frequency
options. These two work together, tick is the course adjustment and
-frequency is the fine adjustment.
+frequency is the fine adjustment. (For system that do not have an
+.BR \%adjtimex " package,"
+.BI \%ntptime\ \-f\ <ppm>
+may be use instead.)
.PP
Some Linux distributions attempt to automatically calculate the System
Clock drift with