> On Dec 27 I wrote about a problem I had installing a
> fossil+venti config using the ISO image downloaded on Dec
> 22:
>
> * On several HW setup, from P500 to P3000, the
> * install goes ok but just after the boot from HD
> * starts an endless activity (> 20 h ?!) with a steady
> * 100% cpu load and periodic (1 sec seek, 3 sec. pause)
> * disk load. Then the machine hangs.
>
> The same behaviour has also been observed in the University
> lab by some students working on a thesis about Plan9.
>
> Is there other 9fan(s) who had the same problem ?
>
> a.v.
i hesitate to answer because i have not seen such a problem
nor do i run venti or fossil.
i haven't any answers, but perhaps these questions would help
narrow things down (assuming of course that you haven't hit an
actual venti bug):
1. what kind of drives are you using; what hba? have you enabled dma?
2. which processes are accumulating cpu time?
3. what is the interrupt load, memory usage? ("stats -lsef")
- erik
