Description of problem: boot of FC5 is slow because of ntpd - it waits for the time synchronization to complete Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-8.31.1-1 How reproducible: enable use of ntpd for time synchronization Steps to Reproduce: 1. reboot 2. notice slow boot time because of ntpd Actual results: boot process waits for ntpd to finish Expected results: boot process should exec ntpd in background and not to wait for it to complete Additional info:
Just remove /etc/ntp/step-tickers file and ntpd will be started directly. There is also a switch in system-config-date utility for that.