Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 23:43:05 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "Wilkinson,Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot0cfg -B Message-ID: <20021118074304.GA14674@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20021118170450.N679-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <20021118170450.N679-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:07:08PM +1030, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > Howdy crew, > > Any reason why this doesn't work ? > > sheel>sudo boot0cfg -B ad0 > boot0cfg: /dev/ad0: Operation not permitted > > running: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Nov 8 15:07:18 CST 2002 GEOM, I presume? When file systems are mounted, GEOM does not allow processes to open the device special files for writing. This needs to be resolved. It is a known limitation and there's no work-around as far as I know. HTH, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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