I haven't seen this before. It would be useful to see the full output, including the suggestions.
On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 21:39:29 -0500, Michael Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings again all. > > I have now attempted to install 9front. On my dell latitude e7450. I > followed the instructions at fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html. > > I encountered the following problems: > > I get as far a section 4.3.8 - prepdisk. I follow the recommendation of > accepting the suggestion, and type w, then hit <enter> > > Normally, it should accept that, and I follow it up with q. > > Instead, I get: > > " > error writing partition table to disk > attempting to restore partitions to previous state > cannot restore: error seeking on disk > " > > It then sends me up a menu, and I get to re-specify a bunch of things. > It gets back to approximately the same place, except this time, instead of > suggesting a layout, I get: > > "disk/prep: cannot open disk: file too small to be a disk" > > Continuing, I keep getting that error, even if I tell it to use esp as my > 9fat partition. > > I have consulted one youtube tutorial where they use the gefs as the file > system instead of the default in the tutorial. if that works, great. > Thought I should report this though. > > Cheers! > Mike :-) > > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM Michael Jensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Greetings :-) > > > > ..I am currently in a deep exploration of operating systems. > > windows->ubuntu->guix&openbsd, with many more tried en-route. now I'm > > hearing about plan9 and oberon. So, plan9 is the bees-knees? People > > daydream wistfully about a world where it dominates.. So.. shall we get on > > with it? :-) Unfortunately, I go to the wiki for instructions on > > installing it ( > > https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Installation_instructions/index.html), and > > find: "Beware: in the manner of wikis most everywhere, this one is > > woefully out of date. > > <https://plan9.io/wiki/plan9/Beware:_in_the_manner_of_wikis_most_everywhere,_this_one_is_woefully_out_of_date.>" > > ..this is not encouraging. In fact, it stops me in my tracks and causes me > > to write this e-mail instead. > > > > ..I currently have three computers. Dell Latitudes e7450 and e7440, and a > > Thinkpad T430. I am open to buying another one if there is a particular > > one that is recommended for plan9. I can get another > > more-or-less-realiable T430 for ~150 can. ..I might poke around trying to > > follow the given instructions.. but my instinct says that I won't, not > > without more assurance of support. > > > > ..You may be wondering how I heard about plan9 in the first place. Keep > > in mind, hearing about it and becoming convinced it's worth investigating, > > are two different things. I credit, in historical order, "The Art of Unix > > Programming", Suckless, and vis (the editor). vis are the people whose > > documentation prodded me into seriously checking it out. (..Of course, now > > that I search specifically for plan9, I get plenty of hits..) > > > > Cheers, > > Michael :-) > > -- Ori Bernstein ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf075600980be0e2b-M9398c5288604521db0dd2596 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
