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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 doesn't boot on a (fairly new) computer
From: Akshat Kumar <akumar () mail ! nanosouffle ! net>
Date: 2010-07-17 23:26:22
Message-ID: AANLkTikrijpjpZt2ItiLJIPzPzgCGWGggNR7-6I2cDQO () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:08 PM, EBo <ebo@sandien.com> wrote:
>
> from what I understand no (and I am sure others will correct me if I am
> wrong). What I can say definitively is that Plan 9 will run on a 64-bit
> machine when compiled in 32-bit mode. My primary machine has a AMD Phenom
> II X4. It is one of those cheap Gateway machines, which unfortunately do
> not give you lots of details of what is under the hood (and I might not
> have bought it for that if I had fully know up front). So the good news is
> that you can probably get it to work. The best place to start looking it
> look at Erik's 9atom boot disk and you might have to play around with the
> SATA/IDE settings (which on my bios caused lots of problems). The should
> be a hundred or so posts in the archives dealing with 64-bit machines and
> booting with 9atom.
>
> Hope that helps.
Thanks.
I was just curious; I heard there was some 64-bit support in the works.
Best,
ak
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