From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <18be423d05a39f1716c71536e5fb0c38@quintile.net> In-Reply-To: <18be423d05a39f1716c71536e5fb0c38@quintile.net> From: "James A. Robinson" Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 23:51:59 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c0877fcc2e13e0540825c82 Subject: Re: [9fans] q re /sys/src/cmd/disk/prep/prep.c:240 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a8e84c54-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --94eb2c0877fcc2e13e0540825c82 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:43 PM Steve Simon wrote: > 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 --94eb2c0877fcc2e13e0540825c82 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:43 PM Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> The usual process is to use prep first to create a windows etc
<= div>> compatible partition table with one big partition called plan9.
> then subdivide that.
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> see t= he recipie near the end of the format(1) manpage.
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> why part does different things in automatic mode I don't kno= w.

Hi,

Yes, when I used d= isk/fdisk I set a single p1 partition with
the label plan9.=C2=A0= Then I was running disk/prep against that
/dev/sdE1/plan9 partit= ion.

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

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