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From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 08:36:23PM +0200, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
+> Hello *,
+>=20
+> 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).
+>=20
+> 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=3D16

It gives you _exactly_ what you want.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.FreeBSD.org
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