Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

2019-04-20 Thread 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

Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

2019-04-20 Thread cinap_lenrek
its documented in prep(8) -- cinap

Re: [9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

2019-04-20 Thread 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 partiti

[9fans] Regarding GUID partitioning

2019-04-20 Thread 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 effo

Re: [9fans] The lost (9front) boot menus ...

2019-04-20 Thread Lucio De Re
On 4/21/19, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i like that 9front has no silly menu > And that says it all. De gustibus... To me, that seems a lot like farting against thunder, but I have yet to find a timeout/countdown that I can latch onto. But less than three seconds means that any distraction

Re: [9fans] The lost (9front) boot menus ...

2019-04-20 Thread hiro
if you know how to get into your system's bios you should be able to use the same technique to get to our prompt... i like that 9front has no silly menu

Re: [9fans] The lost (9front) boot menus ...

2019-04-20 Thread Ethan Gardener
9front boots via an initrd with a script, doesn't it? That script could be modified to present a menu/prompt, perhaps only if a certain variable is set in plan9.ini. On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, at 2:42 AM, hiro wrote: > hell. i have to do *exactly* the same with same dimension of timeouts > slightly