Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Jan 9 16:37:17 EST 2013, st...@quintile.net wrote: > > If it requires PAE, it will not run on Banias and Dothan B-stepping > > and C-stepping (on 400MHz FSB) CPUs (most Pentium M's). > > one question, is the kernel able to print a message if it is started > on incompatible machine: > >

Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-09 Thread Steve Simon
> If it requires PAE, it will not run on Banias and Dothan B-stepping > and C-stepping (on 400MHz FSB) CPUs (most Pentium M's). one question, is the kernel able to print a message if it is started on incompatible machine: panic: this kernel requires PAE which is not supported by this hard

Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Wed Jan 9 16:27:59 EST 2013, m...@endeavour.zapto.org wrote: > > the pae kernel deserves a word or so. the pae kernel brings > > with it a streamlined kernel, supporting only very modern > > machines, such as the pentium pro. > > If it requires PAE, it will not run on Banias and Dothan B-step

Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-09 Thread Venkatesh Srinivas
> the pae kernel deserves a word or so. the pae kernel brings > with it a streamlined kernel, supporting only very modern > machines, such as the pentium pro. If it requires PAE, it will not run on Banias and Dothan B-stepping and C-stepping (on 400MHz FSB) CPUs (most Pentium M's).

Re: [9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-09 Thread Anthony Martin
This is really great. Thanks for all your work, Erik. Anthony

[9fans] 9atom-nix

2013-01-08 Thread erik quanstrom
9atom-nix (as nemo calls it) just replaced the old 9atom image. you can find the old image @ 0201-9atom.iso.bz2 key additions to sources - iplpxe (from cinap), a bios based pxe loader - /sys/src/9/pcpae (from charles), a pentium kernel with pae. - /sys/src/9/nix, a nix kernel that includes a termi