From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 15:15:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5707616A4BF; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:15:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A7BD43FEC; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 15:15:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by sasami.jurai.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h88MDhkL051098; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:13:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:13:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" X-X-Sender: winter@sasami.jurai.net To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20030908203049.5FF375D04@ptavv.es.net> Message-ID: <20030908181321.X92907@sasami.jurai.net> References: <20030908203049.5FF375D04@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Josef Karthauser cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG cc: phk@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: re-fdisk'ing a partition - permission denied? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 22:15:04 -0000 On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Kevin Oberman wrote: > In any case, since GEOM was added you can no longer slice or label an > active device. As a result, the only way I know of to change slices or > labels on V5 is to boot off of CD or floppy Fixit disks or install > disks. (I just had to do this on my laptop this morning.) I still use my foot-shooting patch. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever |