From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Fw: [9fans] some problems
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In-Reply-To: <1070FB530C37D511967A006008F6A51456BD8B@hktgv001v3>; from g.j.kuiper@kpn.com on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 09:20:45AM +0200
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:23:29 +0200
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On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 09:20:45AM +0200, g.j.kuiper@kpn.com wrote:
> 
> It's a bit more subtle than that I'm afraid. The problem isn't with
> networking: the dns line appears exactly the same during a normal boot, and
> dns is the last networking thing in termrc.
> The strange thing is that this hang occurs with exactly the same config
> that worked before. Only difference is that in between I had 
> a problem (1 or 2 above, or anything else) which forced me to do an
> improper shutdown.
> This makes experimenting with the plan9.ini settings rather risky: when
> things go wrong it takes up to five (!) reboots just to get back to where I
> started.
> 
kfs takes a bit of time to start up if it needs to check the disk
because of a premature shutdown.  Check if the disk light is on, and
wait if it is, it may be just a disk check that's taking place.

I have no idea how disruptive it is to restart the machine in the
middle of a disk check.

++L