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Subject: Re: Can't change partition table anymore
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On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:21:54PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> I don't see these problems on my disks.  Maybe your partitions
> overloap the MBR?

They are surely not (two of four partitions are ever unused).

As Daniel O'Connor wrote:
"If you have part of that device open GEOM won't let you touch the MBR.."
Even in single user. Mounted as / disk always have some part open...

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