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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] q re /sys/src/cmd/disk/prep/prep.c:240
Date: Fri,  4 Nov 2016 20:41:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18be423d05a39f1716c71536e5fb0c38@quintile.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPd04b6kzbc6AzvOTxvON+CPgN-B=zq3_=Uxp4igOdZD0JKDzg@mail.gmail.com>

The usual process is to use prep first to create a windows etc compatible partition table with one big partition called plan9. then subdivide that.

see the recipie near the end of the format(1) manpage.

why part does different things in automatic mode I don't know.

-Steve



  reply	other threads:[~2016-11-04 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-04 20:03 James A. Robinson
2016-11-04 20:41 ` Steve Simon [this message]
2016-11-04 23:51   ` James A. Robinson

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