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Date:      Mon, 2 Jun 1997 00:26:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
Cc:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problems with CCD. 
Message-ID:  <199706020426.AAA03842@repeat.pci.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199706020333.VAA00695@pluto.plutotech.com>
References:  <199706010545.BAA16048@repeat.pci.on.ca> <199706020333.VAA00695@pluto.plutotech.com>

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>>>>> "Justin" == Justin T Gibbs <gibbs@plutotech.com> writes:

>> But strangely, the install seems to run just fine... without a
>> hitch.  Why can the install format a partition and I can't later?

Justin> Because you are not using the raw device.  Perhaps John or
Justin> David can look into why we get into deadlock by newfsing a
Justin> character device???

	Oi... Ok.  Doing that by habbit.  As a precaution, maybe newfs
should either refuse the non-raw device or use the raw device?  I
realize the warning was there, but I have successfully ignored that
warning for many years.

Dave.

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