Re: [9fans] usb disks in plan9

[Tim Newsham <newsham@lava.net>]

> I'm trying to partition a usb thumb drive in plan9:
>
>   % disk/fdisk -baw /dev/sdU4.0/data
>   adding part failed: plan9: permission denied
>   ?warning: partitions could not be updated in devsd
>
> I get similar issues when trying to use prep.  If I rerun
> fdisk or prep it seems to read the previously configured
> data back, and other systems (ie. winxp) see the partitions
> I edited in plan9, but my /dev/sdU4.0 directory does not
> get "plan9" or other partition files (just ctl, data, raw).
> What gives?

it occurred to me that I am using a slightly old dist and
usb has churned a bit, so I did a pull, then rebuilt my kernel,
installed it and rebooted using it..  and now it seems worse
   - when I plug in device it no longer prints "usb/disk..."
     or whatever it used to print
   - when I mount /srv/usb I only see usbctl, no sd*

this is in vmware, so its possible vmware is acting up (it happens
at times)...  is anyone else using thumb drives with current
plan9 sources successfully?

Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com