Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:03:22 +0100 From: phk@phk.freebsd.dk To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems creating and writing to disk slices Message-ID: <98311.1045548202@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:36:44 PST." <3E518E2C.9080103@pantherdragon.org>
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In message <3E518E2C.9080103@pantherdragon.org>, Darren Pilgrim writes: >I can understand the usefulness of preventing modifications applying to >mounted partitions, and I can see the logic in unliaterally preventing >them, but preventing modifying slice table and disk label entries for >unmounted portions of the disk gets more in the way than helps. You should be able to modify any non-open partition/slice provided you don't try to make them overlap an open one. You have to use the right options to the right programs on the right devices though. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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