Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:29:07 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Allan Fields <bsd@afields.ca> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem in attaching newly encrypted disk Message-ID: <3705.1089055747@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:26:18 EDT." <20040705192618.GB74224@afields.ca>
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In message <20040705192618.GB74224@afields.ca>, Allan Fields writes: >> Did not know that its better to not use the raw partition :-( > >Well, I guess it doesn't matter unless something assumes that it >can write over the first sectors containing your data. > >The good news is you still have your lock selector file (-L/-l). > > >PHK: wouldn't the BDE class / GEOM prevent boot code from being >written to the underlying partition (provider) if it were attached >at the time? yes, it would not be able to over write it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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