* Poly-poly man ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Firstly, from what I've seen in the docs, there'll be no problem using that
> and not touching anything else, right? If you wipe my Gentoo, I wipe your
> face! The more important problem is booting. I have grub installed in the
> mbr (from my gentoo installation), and would really like to keep grub.
> Assuming I install plan 9 in hda4 (or whatever you call it ;) ), what steps
> would I have to take to get it to be able to boot plan9?

Installing in a dedicated partition next to some already installed system
should be no problem. I have done this before without any trouble. As usual,
check before writing a new partition table.

At the end of the installation you will be asked about the boot method. Just
leave the mbr alone and only write the plan 9 boot sector on the plan 9
partition. Then grub can use chainloading.

> 2. I live in America, where the government was stupid enough to change what
> day Daylight Savings Time changes fall on. Unfortunately, release 4 was
> released back in 2002 - before the new law came into play. What will I have
> to do to fix the daylight savings time rules? This is a particular problem,
> because I am planning on installing within the week (and this week is the
> week that should have been an hour back already, but is not yet under the
> new laws... stupid country ;) ).

Nothing to worry about. You'd be hard pressed to get installation discs
dating back from '02, so the time zone rules should be quite current. If
not, just submit a patch.

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