Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 23:07:16 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: ache@nagual.pp.ru Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't change partition table anymore Message-ID: <20050403.230716.04695657.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20050404044028.GC49953@nagual.pp.ru> References: <20050404041419.GA49627@nagual.pp.ru> <20050403.222154.37240598.imp@bsdimp.com> <20050404044028.GC49953@nagual.pp.ru>
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Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes:
: 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...
Daniel is wrong. If you have a device open that overlaps the MBR,
then geom will enforce this restriction. If you don't, then it simply
will not, as I've shown in other mail.
Warner
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