HOWTO: Disable the NTP sychronization process during usplash.

[mlomker]

That's a metapackage, so you can safely remove it. That being said, there's no reason to remove ntpdate. You can just disable it using bum, as previously mentioned.

[manicka]

BUM is available in universe

sudo apt-get install bum

lol

[emendelson]

Another easily reversible way to do this is

cd /etc/rcS.d
sudo mv S51ntpdate _S51ntpdate

If you ever want it back, just rename the file.

[brj]

That's a metapackage, so you can safely remove it. That being said, there's no reason to remove ntpdate. You can just disable it using bum, as previously mentioned.

i can install and even run bum. but i must admit, i'm not able to enable the startup script ntpdate nor any other script

[Miciomiao]

Guess what?
/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
-_________-'
Can't they just leave the clock alone?