IBM-PC install on E: drive?

IBM-PC install on E: drive?

[John]

hi, to install onto a partition, just use fdisk to delete the logical
drive -- as long as your partition is the highest one on the disk, plan9
will go into it for the File System Installation.

the first step of the installation puts the contents of the boot disk into
C:\plan9

btw, if your last fdisk was with OS/2's fdisk, you'll need to redo you're
disk with a DOS fdisk.


> I have a 1 gig hard disk which is split into 3 partitions, C:, D:, and
> E:.  Therefore, my E: drive is not on a separate disk.  This partition
> is already large enough to accomodate the Plan-9 software (it's around
> 200 meg), and what I would like to do is simply to make it a non-DOS
> partition and do the install.  Yes, I know: if I make this partition
> non-DOS, then it will not be the "E:" drive any more.

yup, works great

> Will this work?  It seems like it will.  Has anyone tried something
> like this?

> And while I'm here, I might as well ask if anyone has had any trouble
> using DPT SCSI disk controllers with Plan-9.  My particular model
> is PM 2021.

IBM-PC install on E: drive?

[John]

hi will,

> : btw, if your last fdisk was with OS/2's fdisk, you'll need to redo your
> : disk with a DOS fdisk.
> 
> Well, no.  It's a long time since I used MSDOS' fdisk, and Plan 9 loaded
> fine onto an OS/2 formatted/partitioned drive.

that was my experience with the ftp://plan9.att.com/plan9/pcdist
distribution.

>  Will the four-disk set
> really load into an MSDOS partition?  The CDROM won't.

yes and no, the floppy set puts the contents of the first disk into a DOS
logical partition, ie, C:\PLAN9, then will do the File System Installation
into a non-FAT-referenced partition at the high end of your disk, or into
another disk.

this lets you boot into DOS, and then run PLAN9\B (C:\PLAN9\B.COM (which
gives me a whole new outlook on DOS)) to boot the plan9 OS (as per the
configuration established in C:\PLAN9\PLAN9.INI) from the plan9 partition.

this is really a nice setup for learning the system and playing with
configuration.  you can use an editor in DOS to evolve plan9.ini which is
much faster (for cycling through some variables) than going through the
only alternative (in cases like a nonworking vga configuration) to the
lethargic boot from a floppy (the first plan9 floppy provides for
reconfiguring the installed system).

-john

IBM-PC install on E: drive?

[Will]

John D. Pritchard (jdp@cs.columbia.EDU) wrote:

: hi, to install onto a partition, just use fdisk to delete the logical
: drive -- as long as your partition is the highest one on the disk, plan9
: will go into it for the File System Installation.

: the first step of the installation puts the contents of the boot disk into
: C:\plan9

: btw, if your last fdisk was with OS/2's fdisk, you'll need to redo you're
: disk with a DOS fdisk.

Well, no.  It's a long time since I used MSDOS' fdisk, and Plan 9 loaded
fine onto an OS/2 formatted/partitioned drive.  Will the four-disk set
really load into an MSDOS partition?  The CDROM won't.

Will
cwr@crash.cts.com

IBM-PC install on E: drive?

[Lloyd]

I just downloaded the Plan-9 demo system to my IBM-PC, and I am ready to
give it a try.  However, I'm not sure if I will even be able to
perform the install, because the documentation specifies the install
to go to the C: drive, and I would prefer to install it on my E:
drive.

I have a 1 gig hard disk which is split into 3 partitions, C:, D:, and
E:.  Therefore, my E: drive is not on a separate disk.  This partition
is already large enough to accomodate the Plan-9 software (it's around
200 meg), and what I would like to do is simply to make it a non-DOS
partition and do the install.  Yes, I know: if I make this partition
non-DOS, then it will not be the "E:" drive any more.

Will this work?  It seems like it will.  Has anyone tried something
like this?

And while I'm here, I might as well ask if anyone has had any trouble
using DPT SCSI disk controllers with Plan-9.  My particular model
is PM 2021.

Thanks in advance.

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