Re: [9fans] How long should it take fossil to dump to venti (1st time around)

2010-01-26 Thread Matt Adams
> It will take a very long time, espicially if your IDE controller is not > known or it is and DMA is known to be problematic. Thanks, Steve. The disks finally quieted down early this afternoon. I just didn't expect it to take that long. Matt

Re: [9fans] How long should it take fossil to dump to venti (1st time around)

2010-01-26 Thread erik quanstrom
On Tue Jan 26 15:22:22 EST 2010, st...@quintile.net wrote: > It will take a very long time, espicially if your IDE controller is not > known or it is and DMA is known to be problematic. the output of sossd (/n/sources/contrib/quanstro/sossd) is useful if you suspect a problem. i'll have a look if

Re: [9fans] How long should it take fossil to dump to venti (1st time around)

2010-01-26 Thread Steve Simon
It will take a very long time, espicially if your IDE controller is not known or it is and DMA is known to be problematic. I suggest you resign yourself to leaving the machine on for many hours, and then, when it stops rattling its disks, you shut it down (using the fshalt command). -Steve

[9fans] How long should it take fossil to dump to venti (1st time around)

2010-01-26 Thread Matt Adams
Hi folks: I've installed Plan 9 on another of my systems and so far so good. This configuration is an all-in-one fossil+venti system. Nothing has been extended beyond the default ISO. After I installed and rebooted I noticed that the hard drive light came on and stayed on. It's been on for seve