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From: paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] vmware
In-Reply-To: <m3u1vcxkqy.fsf@localhost.localdomain>:vic's message of 10:54:13 Friday,30 November 2001
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Date: Sat,  1 Dec 2001 01:32:59 +0100
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vic writes:
 > I've been playing with (rioless) Plan 9 under vmware.  It executes
 > very slowly.  For example, the unpack script echoes about one line per
 > second.  I'm using vmware workstation 3.0, the current Plan 9
 > distribution, and virtual IDE disks.
 >
 > Anyone know what's going on?

How much memory do you have?. I have found running other os's under
vmware that there is a high memory threshold under which the system is too slow
to be usable.
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                 Saludos,
                         Gorka

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