From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:57 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] usb disks in plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9e0e1114-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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