On a hint from Geoff I did this: Nov 29 17:57:56 EST 2009 local.c 5559 [bootes] local.c:227 c /n/dump/2009/1129/sys/src/9/boot/local.c:227 < run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-m", "20", "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], 0); --- > run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], > 0);
And things are *much* better. I wonder if this should not be the default for local.c. ron