Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 14:20:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: writing to mbr under GEOM Message-ID: <20021217141854.W71891-100000@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <20021217022726.GA13504@arkadia.nv.cox.net>
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ray Kohler wrote: > What's the status of the issue where devices with open partitions can't > have their boot sectors written to? I know phk@ was working on it a > while back but it's something I'd like to see fixed soon, maybe before > release? I've been using the following: ftp://ftp.jurai.net/users/winter/patches/geom-foot.patch Set the sysctl 'kern.geom.allow_foot_shooting' to 1 and cross your fingers. Most of the time accessing an already open device is harmless but I've encountered panics a few times. YMMV -- | 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 | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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