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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:00:31 -0400
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Venti Install
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> Installing a Venti system with plan9.iso sucks the big one. I hear
> that Russ has magic code which makes it not suck. Can this PLEASE get
> put in so that the next time I do this, I don't have to wait N hours?

At the moment, you have the choice between slow, stable, tested code
and fast, unstable, less tested code.  The slow code is in the distribution.
I'm sorry venti installs are slow, but the new code still has problems
that need to be worked out.

Russ