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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:05:56 +0200
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
From: "Bernd Maier" <bema@hush.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 and the real hardware
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:28:05 +0200 John Floren <john@jfloren.net>
wrote:


>I've run into this problem myself. You can solve it, but it is
>kind of hackish.

At the moment my Plan9 skills are very low. So I will try this way
when my skills are better.

>Oh, and regarding the "issue" after compiling the CPU kernel--was
>this
>your first boot after installing? After you initially make a
>fossil+venti system, on the first boot it will spend some time
>syncing
>fossil to venti. This will take anywhere between a few minutes
>(best
>case) and a few hours (if you have old hardware and don't have DMA

>and
>RWM turned on).

I installed a Fossil only system. So Venti could not be the
problem.
Perhaps the original 9atom install kernel was not optimal for my
motherboard or so. After compiling the CPU kernel all worked well.
However I will switch back to the original Plan9 distribution this
evening.

-Bernd