if you setup dedicated machines for cpu+auth and fs, then booting a pc kernel on a vmware and booting from fs works very well as a term.
> hi jeff, > > i agree. somewhere down the line, i will probably stick to this method. > > but my problem is i use inferno and acme in inferno a lot. to the extent i > tested so far, drawterm, 9vx are all so slow in updating inferno screen (i > think it becomes a matter of screen area updates all the time instead of any > optimized updates like in case of, say, a rio text window). since i use > inferno a lot in plan9 and since the lag is very noticeable, i am just > trying to find out a way. > > btw, is there any opportunity for optimization in draw operations that will > help? or it is already optimized? is it possible to lower the no of bits per > pixel in inferno and will it lead to any gain in performance? > > thanks > dharani > > > I still recomend keeping the VMware Plan 9 instance as a console (text only) >> and using drawterm to connect in--much more responsive and gives clean >> access back to your host filesystem. >> >> The docs on creating a stand alone cpu server help getting the >> configuration to work. >> >> -jas >> >> >>
