From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4b1efadf8e5d4846fc3b35e8921e2d3e@chula.quanstro.net> References: <81c92a8342f74040cbdf11041c77e511@quintile.net> <86hbcrfawn.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <4b1efadf8e5d4846fc3b35e8921e2d3e@chula.quanstro.net> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:56:44 -0800 Message-ID: From: John Floren To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] HELP: recoving important header file rudely clobbered by mk Topicbox-Message-UUID: a42f805e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, erik quanstrom wro= te: >> > I have no idea. =C2=A0I just chose the default installation options, >> > installing from the CD following the install instructions. =C2=A0As fa= r as I >> > know, "Venti" is a volcano in Italy. >> > >> >> In that case, you'll only have Fossil installed. > > and here i thought that venti was a swimming pool of > rather bland coffee. =E2=98=BA > > just for clarity, it's possible to install from cd with either > fossil or fossil+venti. =C2=A0i'd recommend against a fossil+venti > install unless you can give clean shutdowns more than just a > good college try. > > - erik > > That is definitely a consideration. For instance, I've found that Fossil wants to dump to Venti in the first boot after installation; if you should reboot before it's done, you can easily end up with a corrupted filesystem. This has happened to me several times, usually because I install and then immediately begin setting up the system as a cpu/auth/file server... which requires rebooting after a few minutes of configuration changes. Oh, and if you don't have DMA on, your Venti dumps will take hours. I found that after ripping a few CDs, the 4 a.m. scheduled dump would still be going on at noon. "echo dma on > /dev/sdC0/ctl" will take care of that, put it in your termrc/cpurc to enable it at every boot. John