ntpdate on boot problem

[Warren Block]

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote:

> Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working
> before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address?
>
> After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following
> error on boot:
>
> Setting date via ntp.
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
> 5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
> 5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
> 5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
>
> 5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: no servers can be used, exiting
>
> I've had this problem with machines using DHCP and the solution was to
> use SYNCDHCP rather than DHCP in rc.conf.  However, this box is using
> a static IP address.  But the problem seems to be similar.

Yes, it is.  FreeBSD 8-STABLE and 9 have /etc/rc.d/netwait just for 
this.