From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 install doesn't put the right MBR on the disk
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:38:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2bydnZ0l9vKjSI6iXTWJhw@comcast.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vfu4mkqw.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx>
Rob Ristroph wrote:
> The current Plan 9 which you download from Bell Labs is
> uninstallable on a clean machine. It doesn't put the Master
> Boot Record on the disk during the install process, ...
It has been that way for at least a month..
Whenever I install (floppy+CD) a kit from back then
I don't get a bootable Plan9 partition, and if I let
the install process modify the partition table it
wipes out my Solaris boot manager, usually making a
"bad PBR Sig" (signature?). If I tell the installer
to make a boot floppy, the resulting floppy can't
boot the system. This is frustrating and annoying..
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-15 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-15 5:17 Rob Ristroph
2003-07-15 10:38 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
2003-07-15 14:33 ` northern snowfall
2003-07-15 22:14 ` Rob Ristroph
2003-07-15 23:20 ` northern snowfall
2003-07-15 13:07 ` Martin Althoff
2003-07-15 22:30 ` Rob Ristroph
2003-07-15 11:16 David Presotto
2003-07-15 13:02 ` nofreakingspam
2003-07-15 15:50 ` nofreakingspam
2003-07-15 16:09 ` Dan Cross
2003-07-16 7:57 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-07-16 13:26 ` nofreakingspam
2003-07-16 15:45 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-07-16 15:51 ` andrey mirtchovski
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