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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:26:22 -0700
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From: Akshat Kumar <akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 doesn't boot on a (fairly new) computer
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On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:08 PM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:
>
> from what I understand no (and I am sure others will correct me if I am
> wrong). =A0What I can say definitively is that Plan 9 will run on a 64-bi=
t
> machine when compiled in 32-bit mode. =A0My primary machine has a AMD Phe=
nom
> II X4. =A0It is one of those cheap Gateway machines, which unfortunately =
do
> not give you lots of details of what is under the hood (and I might not
> have bought it for that if I had fully know up front). =A0So the good new=
s is
> that you can probably get it to work. =A0The best place to start looking =
it
> look at Erik's 9atom boot disk and you might have to play around with the
> SATA/IDE settings (which on my bios caused lots of problems). =A0The shou=
ld
> be a hundred or so posts in the archives dealing with 64-bit machines and
> booting with 9atom.
>
> =A0Hope that helps.

Thanks.

I was just curious; I heard there was some 64-bit support in the works.


Best,
ak