On 2013-05-03, at 6:43 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > (i'm not absolving the drive. just saying that there are plan 9 > issues affecting your machine.)
No doubt. But I got it to the point where it's working quite happily. And it can maintain that steady state until it tips over and dies, at which point I will re-install on much more current kit. I'm getting too old to fight with the hardware any more ;-P