Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 15:03:21 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disklabel -W now seems to not work(?) Message-ID: <19991205150321.B74087@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060145560.1722-100000@alphplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 02:50:43AM %2B1100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912041846280.368-100000@semuta.feral.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060145560.1722-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 02:50:43AM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > (5) The whole disk slice was broken for alphas in rev.1.63 of > subr_diskslice.c, by putting a label on it if the underlying disk > contains a label. The underlying disk contains a label in the > "dangerously dedicated case". If there is a label, then it is > initially write protected, and always snooped on. This closes > the back door in (4). How do we fix this problem? I keeps from from ``dd if=/dev/da1 of=/dev/da2'' ?? I was very peeved at having to put the disks on a Solaris box to do such a normal Unix task. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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