From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:27:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e1162e61003190727n45f314dbkfe96db232f8ddc16@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ecada1e1003190136o347809b3s4f8d225d47b6c26d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Bela Valek <bvalek2@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/3/12 erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>:
> >> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Plan 9
> >> use the same method?
> >
> > plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram
> > everyone else does. perhaps we trust bios too much,
> > but 8mb isn't impossible, either.
> >
> > try
> > a *noe820scan=1
> > at the 9load menu prompt.
> >
> > - erik
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried it and didnt work, I got the same output. Maybe its time to
> trust BIOS less... :(
>
I had this error on VMWare recently. The solution was to disable Venti and
just use fossil. Venti is of questionable value when I'm already
snapshotting my host's filesystem anyway.
I think the real correct answer is to set Venti up with the correct
parameters by hand before restarting. I didn't try that though.
Dave
>
> Greetings: Bela
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-19 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-27 11:47 Bela Valek
2010-02-27 16:28 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-12 11:06 ` Bela Valek
2010-03-12 16:37 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-19 8:36 ` Bela Valek
2010-03-19 14:27 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2010-03-19 14:30 ` erik quanstrom
2010-03-01 22:53 ` Georg Lehner
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