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+title: Fix bootloader not being written in Plan9
+url: fix-plan9-bootloader.html
+date: 2023-05-11T12:00:00+02:00
+type: note
+draft: false
+tags: [plan9]
+---
+
+If the bootloader is not being written to a disk when installing 9front on real
+harware try clearing first sector of the disk with the following command.
+
+```sh
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1
+
+# If command above doesn't work try this one, wait couple of seconds and
+# press delete key to stop the command.
+cat </dev/zero >/dev/sd*/data
+```
+