Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:12:19 GMT From: Markus Oestreicher <m.oe@x-trader.de> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/94409: sysinstall: add geom.debugflags-note to disklabel error Message-ID: <200603131512.k2DFCJUq016369@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200603131520.k2DFKVO1077979@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 94409
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: sysinstall: add geom.debugflags-note to disklabel error
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 13 15:20:30 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Markus Oestreicher
>Release: FreeBSD 6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD oeo.local 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #1: Sun Mar 12 00:05:14 CET 2006 root@oeo.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OEO i386
>Description:
When using sysinstall to edit the disk configuration of a running system
you get the error message "Unable to write data" because GEOM blocks the
low-level access.
The attached patch changes the error message to give a possible solution.
>How-To-Repeat:
Use sysinstall on a running system
Try to change anything in the "Configure / Labels" section
>Fix:
--- disks.c.orig Mon Mar 13 15:56:56 2006
+++ disks.c Mon Mar 13 16:01:07 2006
@@ -879,7 +879,9 @@
msgNotify("Writing partition information to drive %s", d->name);
if (!Fake && Write_Disk(d)) {
- msgConfirm("ERROR: Unable to write data to disk %s!", d->name);
+ msgConfirm("ERROR: Unable to write data to disk %s!\n\n"
+ "To edit the labels on a running system set\n"
+ "sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 and try again.", d->name);
return DITEM_FAILURE;
}
}
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