From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 8 7:20:32 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 07:20:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from solaris.matti.ee (solaris.matti.ee [194.126.98.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F60C37B400; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 07:20:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from myhakas.matti.ee (myhakas.matti.ee [194.126.114.87]) by solaris.matti.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8CF42CE82; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:17:10 +0200 (EET) Received: (from vallo@localhost) by myhakas.matti.ee (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eB8FHID20279; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:17:18 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from vallo) Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:17:18 +0200 From: Vallo Kallaste To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: Matthew Thyer , Mike Smith , "John W. De Boskey" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: write(2) returns error saying read only filesystem when trying to write to a partition Message-ID: <20001208171718.A20246@myhakas.matti.ee> Reply-To: vallo@matti.ee References: <200012080154.eB81sFN00538@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <3A305227.D74011C4@dsto.defence.gov.au> <3A30F7FD.A6FA069D@newsguy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3A30F7FD.A6FA069D@newsguy.com>; from dcs@newsguy.com on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 12:02:21AM +0900 Sender: vallo@myhakas.matti.ee Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 12:02:21AM +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > No, and no. You misunderstand the problem. > > A disk on IBM PC compatible computers has the following format: > > | Partition table | Data | > | Slice 1 | Slice 2 | Slice 3 | Slice 4 | > | Disklabel | Data | > | c | > |a|b|f|g| [snip] Nice graph. I haven't looked at handbook and FAQ documents for a while, but I'll think it fits well into appropriate section. Any -doc takers please? -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message