* Installing on D: drive.
@ 1995-11-15 1:26 Jeff
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From: Jeff @ 1995-11-15 1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi Everyone,
I want to install Plan9 on my pc. I have read the documentation, and have seen
a few messages about installing on this newsgroup, but I still have a question.
I run Linux and DOS on my PC right now. The C: drive can't be repartitioned
to allow room for Plan9, but my D: drive can. I can make an empty partition
on my D: drive for Plan9. It would also be the highest partition on the D:
drive. Is there a way I can make the install process use the highest partition
on the D: drive instead of the C: drive ?
Here is a listing from fdisk. I plan to decrease /dev/hdb5 by the 20MB needed
for Plan9 (it would be around 80000 blocks instead of 100462), then create
a new partition /dev/hdb6 of 20MB for Plan9, then hope the install goes
there instead of wiping out the 386568 (/dev/hda3) partition on the C: drive.
HELP !
/dev/hda is the C: drive. /dev/hdb is the D: drive.
Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 1059 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 271 136583+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 272 272 292 10584 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 293 293 1059 386568 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 15 heads, 57 sectors, 789 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 855 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 2 2 236 100462+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb2 237 237 258 9405 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 259 259 790 227430 83 Linux
/dev/hdb5 2 2 236 100462 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
Thanks,
Jeffrey R. Comstock
jrc@brainiac.mn.org -or- jrc@skypoint.com
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* Installing on D: drive.
@ 1995-11-15 22:04 jmk
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From: jmk @ 1995-11-15 22:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
The new diskettes available by ftp should allow you to install
directly on d:. You will have to decrease hdb5 by some amount
and NOT make a hdb6 - Plan 9 installs in space not allocated in
the normal master boot record partition list.
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Hi Everyone,
I want to install Plan9 on my pc. I have read the documentation, and have seen
a few messages about installing on this newsgroup, but I still have a question.
I run Linux and DOS on my PC right now. The C: drive can't be repartitioned
to allow room for Plan9, but my D: drive can. I can make an empty partition
on my D: drive for Plan9. It would also be the highest partition on the D:
drive. Is there a way I can make the install process use the highest partition
on the D: drive instead of the C: drive ?
Here is a listing from fdisk. I plan to decrease /dev/hdb5 by the 20MB needed
for Plan9 (it would be around 80000 blocks instead of 100462), then create
a new partition /dev/hdb6 of 20MB for Plan9, then hope the install goes
there instead of wiping out the 386568 (/dev/hda3) partition on the C: drive.
HELP !
/dev/hda is the C: drive. /dev/hdb is the D: drive.
Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 1059 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1 271 136583+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 272 272 292 10584 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 293 293 1059 386568 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 15 heads, 57 sectors, 789 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 855 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 2 2 236 100462+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb2 237 237 258 9405 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 259 259 790 227430 83 Linux
/dev/hdb5 2 2 236 100462 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
Thanks,
Jeffrey R. Comstock
jrc@brainiac.mn.org -or- jrc@skypoint.com
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