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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
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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

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