> The usual process is to use prep first to create a windows etc
> compatible partition table with one big partition called plan9.
> then subdivide that.
>
> see the recipie near the end of the format(1) manpage.
>
> why part does different things in automatic mode I don't know.
Hi,
Yes, when I used disk/fdisk I set a single p1 partition with
the label plan9. Then I was running disk/prep against that
/dev/sdE1/plan9 partition.
I couldn't think of any reason I needed a 9fat partition on
a disk I didn't plan to use as a boot disk.
Jim