On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 11:50:34AM -0400, Erik Quanstrom wrote:
> 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.
>
Nonetheless, if things haven't changed, Plan9 can not be installed on an
extended partition; and will probably not install on a disk split with
GPT (but in this case, if there are extended partitions, this is not
GPT).
It is wise to read the manpages before doing an install, and maybe
recommended to use another fdisk to allocate a Plan9 partition (slice)
and let, afterwards, Plan9 installation scripts organize the Plan9 slice
without touching other non Plan9 partitions or the MBR.
Once more: if things haven't changed since I wrote the howto---if
the fat partition is set in the Plan9 partition, the scripts assume
that the installation is done. This could lead, if the installation
is interrupted after this step is done but before the installation
completes, to the inability to proceed with the rest of the
installation. In this case (if nothing is really set in the Plan9
partition) erasing the first two blocks of the Plan9 partition
should allow the installation to complete.
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