From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ecada1e1003190136o347809b3s4f8d225d47b6c26d@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ecada1e1002270347i43d72199lb9ee00f0f38ecf9@mail.gmail.com> <1dbeb7d3bc1673ba6177ab232851fd6b@ladd.quanstro.net> <4ecada1e1003120306n3caee8a5t95af19b1b72605c7@mail.gmail.com> <8bbe8ddcec2605456c48f276674cf9ce@coraid.com> <4ecada1e1003190136o347809b3s4f8d225d47b6c26d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:27:36 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e61003190727n45f314dbkfe96db232f8ddc16@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd7061c22f9290482282619 Subject: Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured Topicbox-Message-UUID: edb08d1e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd7061c22f9290482282619 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Bela Valek wrote: > 2010/3/12 erik quanstrom : > >> 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 > > --000e0cd7061c22f9290482282619 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Bela Va= lek <bvalek2@gmai= l.com> wrote:
2010/3/12 erik quanstrom <qu= anstro@labs.coraid.com>:
>> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Pla= n 9
>> use the same method?
>
> plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram
> everyone else does. =A0perhaps we trust bios too much,
> but 8mb isn't impossible, either.
>
> try
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0a *noe820scan=3D1
> 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. =A0The solution was to disable Venti and= just use fossil. =A0Venti is of questionable value when I'm already sn= apshotting my host's filesystem anyway.

I think the real correct answer is to set Venti up with= the correct parameters by hand before restarting. =A0I didn't try that= though.

Dave

Greetings: Bela


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