From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <5d375e920703241233k11bb22ddidfb09c2f2ad51f92@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:33:33 +0100 From: Uriel To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] [GUIDE] 9plan in qemu under windows In-Reply-To: <6e35c0620703240842y174be09fy2eb4b8bf578f7ad8@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070324105258.B42311CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com> <6e35c0620703240842y174be09fy2eb4b8bf578f7ad8@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3033a350-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > 3. Slow copy to HD. > > I've found using fossil/venti under QEMU the setup time is insanely > long, but maybe that's just QEMU. Post-setup performance is fine. This is due to a combination of lack of DMA under Qemu and old venti versions being very inefficient when formatting arenas. The solution is very simple: use the new version of venti... hahahaha (I laugh to avoid crying.) Best wishes uriel