Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Bela Valek wrote: > 2010/3/12 erik quanstrom : > >> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Plan 9 > >> use the same method? > > > > plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram > > everyone else does. perhaps we trust bios too much, > > but 8mb isn't impossible, either. > > > > try > >a *noe820scan=1 > > at the 9load menu prompt. > > > > - erik > > > > > > Hi, > > I tried it and didnt work, I got the same output. Maybe its time to > trust BIOS less... :( > I had this error on VMWare recently. The solution was to disable Venti and just use fossil. Venti is of questionable value when I'm already snapshotting my host's filesystem anyway. I think the real correct answer is to set Venti up with the correct parameters by hand before restarting. I didn't try that though. Dave > > Greetings: Bela > >
Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
> I had this error on VMWare recently. The solution was to disable Venti and > just use fossil. Venti is of questionable value when I'm already > snapshotting my host's filesystem anyway. won't help. his situation is dire. only 8mb of memory seen. - erik
Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
2010/3/12 erik quanstrom : >> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Plan 9 >> use the same method? > > plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram > everyone else does. perhaps we trust bios too much, > but 8mb isn't impossible, either. > > try > a *noe820scan=1 > at the 9load menu prompt. > > - erik > > Hi, I tried it and didnt work, I got the same output. Maybe its time to trust BIOS less... :( Greetings: Bela
Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Plan 9 > use the same method? plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram everyone else does. perhaps we trust bios too much, but 8mb isn't impossible, either. try a *noe820scan=1 at the 9load menu prompt. - erik
Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
Hello! When you are done setting up the system do not reboot right away, rather reconfigure venti (via venti/conf) with small enough memory settings. Then you can restart safely. Regards, Jorge-León Bela Valek wrote: Hi, I used Erik's 9atoms.iso to install Plan 9. When its booting, after its asking for root partition and username, I get the error message repeated: "out of physical memory; no swap configured". Why, oh why? I use fossil without venti, on a 2GB partition, the RAM is also 2 GB. I found the message in http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9/sys/src/9/port/swap.c - static void pager(void *junk). Greetings: Béla
Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
On Sat Feb 27 06:49:47 EST 2010, bval...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I used Erik's 9atoms.iso to install Plan 9. When its booting, after > its asking for root partition and username, I get the error message > repeated: "out of physical memory; no swap configured". Why, oh why? memory scan went sideways due to broken bios? the memory messages printed during startup should be helpful. - erik