* [9fans] partitioning with prep(8)
@ 2011-06-17 23:52 Akshat Kumar
2011-06-18 0:19 ` Akshat Kumar
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From: Akshat Kumar @ 2011-06-17 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I created plan9 subpartitions on my disk and wanted
to remove one and make two new ones.
Here's the scheme (500 GB hdd, all of it plan9 partition,
512 byte sectors):
9fat 0-24800
nvram 204800-204801
fscfg 204801-204802
fs 204802-10690562
swap 10690562-11739138
empty 11739138-89904498
worm 89904498-246205986
When I go to partition the `empty' area, prep(8) decides
that it doesn't want to let me access part of it:
>>> a other
start sector: 11739138
end [11739138..78155217]
However, I can, by hand, type in
echo part other 11739138 89904498 > /dev/sdC0/ctl
and it will create that partition for me. So why is prep(8)
bugging out here? And if I need to avoid prep(8), then
how can I reclaim the partition I added by hand, on boot
(since /rc/bin/diskparts uses prep(8) with -p option, which
then doesn't recognize the partition I created by hand)?
ak
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* Re: [9fans] partitioning with prep(8)
2011-06-17 23:52 [9fans] partitioning with prep(8) Akshat Kumar
@ 2011-06-18 0:19 ` Akshat Kumar
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From: Akshat Kumar @ 2011-06-18 0:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I made a typo:
>>>> a other
> start sector: 11739138
> end [11739138..78155217]
>
> However, I can, by hand, type in
>
> echo part other 11739138 89904498 > /dev/sdC0/ctl
I meant:
echo part other 11739201 98804561 > /dev/sdC0/ctl
(because plan9 partition is offset 63 from the beginning of
the disk but prep(8) ignores this).
So... still, any ideas?
ak
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