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Date:      Sat, 6 Apr 1996 20:10:32 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        aagero@aage.priv.no, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hangs after editing a disklabel
Message-ID:  <199604061010.UAA21444@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>I've just installed a new disklabel on my scsi disk with

># disklabel -w -B sd0 auto

>which installed a working disklabel. But, when I do

># disklabel -e /dev/rsd0c

Use sd0 in both.

>the kernel hangs after the :wq in vi, perhaps when the disklabel
>information is written to the disk. This makes it very hard to make
>any new partitions on a new disk. This same problem occurs on sd1 as
>well. My scsi controller is a NCR 810, I'm using a very recent
>(4. april) -current.

There is a bug in devfs that causes this if devfs is mounted.  Only
use devfs if you want to debug it.

Bruce



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