From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 30 05:11:01 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 E684037B401 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:11:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sauron.fto.de (p15106025.pureserver.info [217.160.140.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2881143FCB for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:11:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hschaefer@fto.de) Received: from localhost (localhost.fto.de [127.0.0.1]) by sauron.fto.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA89925C0FB; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:10:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sauron.fto.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sauron [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21311-03; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:10:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from giskard.foundation.hs (p5091AC1D.dip.t-dialin.net [80.145.172.29]) by sauron.fto.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA73B25C0C1; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:10:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from daneel.foundation.hs (daneel.foundation.hs [192.168.20.2]) by giskard.foundation.hs (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA76211; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:10:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hschaefer@fto.de) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:10:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Heiko Schaefer X-X-Sender: heiko@daneel.foundation.hs To: Poul-Henning Kamp In-Reply-To: <5086.1051679849@critter.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: <20030430140915.V27116@daneel.foundation.hs> References: <5086.1051679849@critter.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fto.de cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gbde init -i issue 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: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:11:02 -0000 Hi Poul, > >i have one more (very weird) problem with gbde (the tool, this time). > >doing "gbde init /dev/foo -i" works for one of two partitions that i want > >to use with gbde, but not the other. > > > >after writing the template and quitting vi, i get > >"gbde: write sector 0: Operation not permitted" > > You might be trying to overwrite the BSD disklabel. > > If it is a BSD disklabel or SUN label, change it so it starts at least > 16 sectors into the disk. hm ... i now use a partition that starts 16 sectors later and that problem is gone. great. ... this solution disturbs me slightly, but i'll get over it :> why can't i use the space within a partition for anything i want to ?! regards, Heiko