From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net>
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:32:21 +0000
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To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: [9fans] partitioning problems - fixed
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hi all,

well, after a long slog, and a few wrong turns, it is all obvious.
9load reads the partition table and writes the disk config. it reads
into a 2k buffer but it only reads one sector -512 bytes on my disks,
which is not enough for the large number of partitions i have.

the solution is is simple, plan9.ini has a readparts=3D option which asks
the kernel to re-read the partition table and setup devsd again. i assume th=
is
was added for just my situation.

a fix for 9load would be fairly simple but a better fix might be to use 9fro=
nt's
booting structure...

i will fix devfs when i get a chance though, it needs to report errors and a=
ttempt to continue in the face of bad configuration lines.

-Steve