From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6039a59b43aa88b69b70a97fe26b3af8@plan9.escet.urjc.es> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 install doesn't put the right MBR on the disk From: Fco.J.Ballesteros In-Reply-To: <3F15527F.A09B94B3@ccsi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-oixvvvafadzgggcxqrizfjiceo" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:45:32 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: f8f0cba8-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-oixvvvafadzgggcxqrizfjiceo Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I always use something like disk/format -r 2 -d -b /386/pbslba \ /dev/$disk/9fat /n/kfs/386/9load --upas-oixvvvafadzgggcxqrizfjiceo Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by aquamar; Wed Jul 16 15:27:29 MDT 2003 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 54B8719BC1; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:27:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.23.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id B722619B9E; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:27:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 06DAE19BAF; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:26:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from achebe.arb (adsl-66-143-166-124.dsl.austtx.swbell.net [66.143.166.124]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 4E15019B74 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:26:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccsi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by achebe.arb (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0516704CC for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:26:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3F15527F.A09B94B3@ccsi.com> From: nofreakingspam@ccsi.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.20-4GB i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 install doesn't put the right MBR on the disk References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:26:23 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,NO_REAL_NAME,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,X_ACCEPT_LANG version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) "Fco.J.Ballesteros" wrote: > > > Question: How to verify and fix the PBS? > > I don't have a machine to do that, but verifying is easy: > try with a pbs from the worm to see if it works (actually, try > with versions backward in time, going back a month at a time). > If one works and the next does not, we could diff the source perhaps. > > It would be hard for me these days (a story to long to tell), but I > can send whoever can test it a copy of the different pbss. Question: How to put [pbs | pbslba] on the HD of an already installed system? Maybe, something like: Backup the files in 9fat; disk/format -b /386/[pbs|pbslba] -df /dev/sdC0!9fat Restore the files to 9fat. Thanks, Bob -- bbourg-at-ccsi.com --upas-oixvvvafadzgggcxqrizfjiceo--