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Date:      Fri, 8 Apr 2005 00:54:12 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't change partition table anymore
Message-ID:  <20050407205412.GA95546@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <37235846.20050407224250@andric.com>
References:  <1112618841.71324.23.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <1729.1112622423@critter.freebsd.dk> <20050404143432.GA67223@nagual.pp.ru> <37235846.20050407224250@andric.com>

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On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:42:50PM +0200, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2005-04-04 at 16:34:33 Andrey Chernov wrote:
>=20
> > In that situation any normal man drops FreeBSD CD in the trashcan and
> > install Linux which don't have such aggressive illogical "protection".
>=20
> Please note that Linux also complains, and even forces you to reboot,
                         ^^^^ NOT ALSO!
> when you rewrite partition tables on disks that are in use, i.e.:

I will be more happy in case FreeBSD will complains as Linux (i.e. say=20
something meaningful) and even forces me to reboot. But it does not. It=20
decline operation with strange diagnostic not explain anything.

The doom is doubled because in the past all that operations passes=20
so people expect OK-result.

--=20
http://ache.pp.ru/

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