From: Erik Quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Install Advice Requested.
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:50:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l4ld72fo6a573b5svbrlmaea.1372607434805@email.android.com> (raw)
The wording might not be what was intended. Prep -p emits commands to build the sd(3) partition table in memory. Nothing is written to disk.
- erik
Terry Wendt <silicon.penguin67@gmail.com> wrote:
>tlaronde - Thank you for the abstract you sent. It sent me to the
>manual pages, which is almost always a good thing. In the prep(8)
>online manual page, I found the following listed as a bug:
>
>"If prep –p doesn't find a Plan 9 partition table, it will emit
>commands to delete all extant partitions. Similarly, fdisk –p will
>delete all partitions, including data, if there are no partitions
>defined in the MBR."
>
>Could this be what has been whacking my extended partitions?
>
>Anyway, I'm going to do a lot more reading before a third attempt at
>installing. I want to make sure everything is ready before jumping in
>again.
>
>Thanks,
>Terry.
>
>
next reply other threads:[~2013-06-30 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-30 15:50 Erik Quanstrom [this message]
2013-06-30 17:34 ` tlaronde
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-06-30 15:35 Terry Wendt
2013-06-30 1:30 [9fans] Install Advice requested Terry Wendt
2013-06-30 5:26 ` Matthew Veety
2013-06-30 6:31 ` Terry Wendt
2013-06-30 8:06 ` tlaronde
2013-07-01 9:10 ` Artem Novikov
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