Re: [9fans] Partitioning the disk

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

On Wed Apr  2 17:49:51 EDT 2014, szymon.olewniczak@rid.pl wrote:
> > if you do a pull as glenda, or alternately
> >
> > 	mount /srv/boot /n/root &&
> > 		9fs atom &&
> > 		disk/mkfs -vkU -s /n/atom/plan9^`{pwd} -d . <{echo +}
> >
> > you can then try "mkusbboot -p `{echo +}".  this may actually work.
> 	srv: dial tcp!atom.9atom.org!fs: cs: can't translate address: '/srv/dns' file
> 	does not exist.
> It seems to me like an issue with internet connection. Am I right?
> One more question to this command. You've used pwd in it, so what directory should I be in, in
> order to run command successfully? Why do I need to run this first mount command(the /n/root seems
> to be used nowhere)?

yes.  you can either run ndb/dns -r and ndb/cs and then try again, or replace
"9fs atom" with

	attaip=208.71.233.235
	nflag=-n
	srv $nflag -q tcp!$attaip atom &&
		mount $nflag /srv/atom /n/atom atom

> > 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?

- erik