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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
Date: Fri,  4 Nov 2016 20:41:50 +0000
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] q re /sys/src/cmd/disk/prep/prep.c:240
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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