HELP WANTED----plan9 overwrote linux partition

[Steve_Kilbane steve@cegelecproj.co.uk]

Bill Hogan writes:
>    "Installation from diskettes works correctly only on systems with a
> single DOS partition. On systems with multiple partitions, Plan 9 will
> install over the second through last partitions."
> 
> it is only with the benefit of hindsight [..]
> that I can discern [...] that Plan 9 will
> *DESTROY* my second through the last partitions [...]

At the risk of being unhelpful, that was what I assumed it meant.

>     Believe me, if plan9 wiped out every partition after the first one
> on my C: drive, and every partition on each of my three remaining
> drives, the internet would never hear the end of it.

In which case, stay the hell away from Plan 9. When you've got the
support contract, then you can whinge.

steve