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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:34:01 -0400
To: 9fans@9fans.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] GPT partitions
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> Does any of the Plan9 variants support booting from a GPT partition nowadays?
> I have not experimented with EFI boot yet on my primary OS but as far as I
> have read, this could also avoid chainloading bootloaders - any experience
> with this?
>
> I am also interested in the 64-bit HDD image from 9atom, but was never able to
> load that one with syslinux - so if anyone got any tips and tricks there that
> would also be cool.

9atom has the beginnings of gpt support, but that is stalled.  the 9atom 64-bit
kernel needs *e820 set in the config area in the format
	*e820=memtype begin end ...
the easiest way to arrange this is to use iplfat or iplpxe.

there is no hdd image, there is a usb installer (image).  if you boot it from a hard drive,
then edit plan9.ini to reflect the drive its booting from.

good luck.

- erik