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 <[email protected]> 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. > >
