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kfs(4)

9load(8)

mkfs(8)

prep(8)

sd(3)

UPDATE(8)

NAME

bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update − administration for local file systems

SYNOPSIS

­pc/bootfloppy ­floppydisk ­plan9.ini
­pc/bootplan9 ­/dev/sdXX
­pc/bootwin9x
­pc/bootwinnt
­pc/personalize
­pc/setup.9fat ­/dev/sdXX/9fat ­plan9.ini
­pc/setup.disk ­/dev/sdXX ­plan9.ini
­pc/update

DESCRIPTION

These programs help maintain a file system on a local disk for a private machine. 

­Setup.disk partitions a disk and makes a new file system on the disk.  It then calls setup.9fat, update, and ­personalize to initialize the file system. 

­Setup.9fat formats the named ­9fat partition, installing /386/9load, /386/9pcdisk, and the named ­plan9.ini file. 

­Update copies the current kernel to the disk and updates files on the local file system by copying them from the main file server (named by the environment variable $fileserver).  The files it updates are specified by the mkfs(8) prototype file /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/386proto. 

­Personalize removes the contents of the ­/usr directory on the local disk and copies a minimal set of files for the user who runs the command. 

The boot scripts prepare various ways to bootstrap Plan 9.  ­Bootfloppy creates a boot floppy containing 9load, a zeroed 512-byte plan9.nvr, and the named file as plan9.ini.  ­Bootplan9 sets the ­9fat partition to be the active partition, the one used at boot time.  ­Bootwin9x edits the files config.sys, msdos.sys, and ­autoexec.bat on the drive mounted by ­c: to provide Plan 9 as a boot menu option.  These system files are first backed up as config.p9, msdos.p9, and autoexec.p9.  ­Bootwinnt edits the Windows NT boot loader menu contained in the first FAT partition’s ­boot.ini to provide Plan 9 as an option.  It is first backed up as boot.p9. If backup files already exist, ­bootwin9x and ­bootwinnt do nothing. 

FILES

­/sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/
Mkfs(8) prototype files.

SOURCE

­/rc/bin/pc/∗

SEE ALSO

kfs(4), 9load(8), mkfs(8), prep(8), sd(3)
“Installing the Plan 9 Distribution”.

Plan 9  —  June 17, 2000

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