Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:43:05 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> Cc: geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM and grub Message-ID: <11438.1081276985@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:36:23 %2B0200." <20040406183623.GA17430@schweikhardt.net>
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In message <20040406183623.GA17430@schweikhardt.net>, Jens Schweikhardt writes: >Hello *, > >it appears GEOM prevents grub from mucking with the MBR and/or the next >15 or so sectors where it wants to write stage1 and/or stage1_5 (grub >reports failed write attempts). > >Is there any way to let grub do its magic (other than installing 4.X >without geom, patching grub, booting a 4.X fixit CD)? I want rope >to shoot my foot!!!1! :-) sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 will allow you to write to the full disk even if it is open. -- 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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