Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 20:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/7756: disklabel misbehaving on seriously sick disks Message-ID: <200107260330.f6Q3U1A87613@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/7756; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/7756: disklabel misbehaving on seriously sick disks Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:39:31 -0400 Adding to Audit-Trail. ----- Forwarded message from Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> ----- X-UIDL: 82512ab587867a4f91fab60caaaf45f7 Delivered-To: mike@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 10:28:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Subject: Re: bin/7756: disklabel misbehaving on seriously sick disks To: mike@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <200107232345.f6NNjDS02085@freefall.freebsd.org> On 23 Jul, mike@FreeBSD.org wrote: > Synopsis: disklabel misbehaving on seriously sick disks > > State-Changed-From-To: closed->suspended > State-Changed-By: mike > State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 23 16:43:14 PDT 2001 > State-Changed-Why: > > Re-opened at the originator's request. I don't see how we can fix this > problem with the amount of details in the PR, but the originator seems > to think so. Awaiting fix and committer. The disklabel(8) should be modified, so that when -w is used, the disk is NOT read prior to writing. In my PR, the work around is documented: dd if=/dev/zero ... It should not be neccessary, AFAIU. Thanks for reopening, although, I don't see, why it is being suspended -- it is hardly even analyzed :) -mi ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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