Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:27:26 -0500 From: Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: writing to mbr under GEOM Message-ID: <20021217022726.GA13504@arkadia.nv.cox.net>
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What's the status of the issue where devices with open partitions can't have their boot sectors written to? I know phk@ was working on it a while back but it's something I'd like to see fixed soon, maybe before release? ~ 9:14PM % sudo fdisk -B ad0 fdisk: can't open device /dev/ad0 fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/ad0: Operation not permitted zsh: 13660 exit 1 sudo fdisk -B ad0 ~ 9:25PM % sudo fdisk -i ad0 fdisk: can't open device /dev/ad0 fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/ad0: Operation not permitted zsh: 13661 exit 1 sudo fdisk -i ad0 -- Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net> When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. -- Harry Truman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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