Re: [9fans] Partitioning the disk

[Szymon Olewniczak <szymon.olewniczak@rid.pl>]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 02:13:10PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > > > > there is not enough room on the usb key to install all.
> > > > The other problem is that after compiling usb and all it
> > > > dependences when I've rebooted the plan 9 atom all programs
> > > > disappeared and I've needed to compile them again.  Is there any
> > > > method to make the changes to the disk persistent?
> > > >
> > > changes to the disk are persistent.  i suspect the executables are
> > > misplaced.  are you booting from the hard drive?
> > I'm booting from pendirve which I've setuped as you described
> > earlier(using dd).  Maybe it's happening becouse I turn off my
> > computer by pressing power button.  How can I turn off plan9 in a
> > clear way?
>
> yup. i'll bet you compiled on the hard drive, and that's where the
> executables are.  try booting without the pen drive.
No sadly it isn't true. But my question is: do I need the Internet
connection in order to mount atom image or can I install plan9 on my USB
disk without it?

BR,
Szymon