On 25/04/2012, erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> I just lately installed Plan 9, but the stock system is built for >> 32-bit x86, and I have an amd64 computer. > > the stock system will work find for you.
Assume s/find/fine/. 32-bit is not fine. Four billion is not enough. >> I found this diff: http://9legacy.org/9legacy/patch/nix.diff >> which seems to have all needed system libraries, and its own kernel, >> but the kernel seems to lack basic functionality, such as graphics and >> mouse, and I can't find the local bootloader for it — the stock > > unfortunately, it can't be run easily on a terminal yet due to the lack > of graphics, as you note. > > /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/root/sys/src/boot/pc-e820 will boot amd64 > and pc kernels. Ah, thanks. > the fact that the amd64 port is immature doesn't mean that the > system isn't portable. it may mean that x86 is a complicated place > to work. :-) The majority charge carrier in an x86 chip is the moron, not the electron. I mean to get a Loongson system, when one such is available and not memory-crippled. I'd just have to port Plan 9 again, to MIPS... Cheers, strake
