Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

[Lucio De Re]

On 4/21/19, cinap_len...@felloff.net  wrote:
> its documented in prep(8)
>

Thanks to you both, Kurt and specially Cinap. As I said, accessing
9front persistently remains on my wish list (no encouragement needed,
I just need to find the time to invest in some research).

It is good news that GPT is addressed. The hybrid option sounds like
wanting to have one's cake and eat it, I would almost certainly take a
similar approach, were I to choose.

Lucio.

Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

[cinap_lenrek]

its documented in prep(8)

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cinap

Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

[Kurt H Maier]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2019 at 07:09:27AM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:
> 
> So, to be clear: is there a Plan 9 supported facility to configure a
> drive according to the more modern, "don't knock it until you've tried
> it" (hmm, some here will have some valid criticism, I'd like to hear
> that) disk partitioning system?
> 

9front supports it and will prompt you to choose between GPT or MBR
during installation.  As far as I know the two main limitations to
9front GPT support are that it can only read (not write) hybrid MBR/GPT
partition tables, and it does not yet have a man page.

The code, from cinap is in the 9front tree at
sys/src/cmd/disk/prep/edisk.c and anyone who wants to take a crack at
producing some documentation is welcome to.

khm

[9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

[Lucio De Re]

Occasionally something restores my faith in sanity: NetBSD has a
simple command line interface for partitioning drives according to the
new canon: GUID.

Now, I've been meaning to install a live(ly) version of 9front and
serve it from my 9legacy server and a few details have interfered with
my efforts, I will petition this forum for further assistance in this
matter later. It means that experimenting with 9front is not my first
port of call.

Now, I'm pretty sure (David and our other brave co-conspirators are
welcome to call me a liar) that 9legacy does not support such GUID
partitioning, but perhaps 9front has had to face that dragon: did it
ever?

Just so we understand the emotional factors: I'm no fan of fancy BIOS
tweaks (re-invention, to be precise) intended for the mega-Illuminati
to stop me using my desktop to conquer the world, but GUID is simple
enough to make sense of, it provides far more backwards compatibility
than electric cars do with our antidiluvian road system and I am
seriously considering using it (in my more adventurous moments)
instead of NetBSD's rather eccentric own partitioning system which
GUID seems set to obsolete. Those of you who have not yet discarded
NetBSD will get my meaning.

So, to be clear: is there a Plan 9 supported facility to configure a
drive according to the more modern, "don't knock it until you've tried
it" (hmm, some here will have some valid criticism, I'd like to hear
that) disk partitioning system?

It seems to me that not all committees (I'm looking at you,
Evolution!) produce camels!

Lucio.