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Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: aliasing (or renaming) kern.geom.debugflags
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2011, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <alpine.GSO.1.10.1110071341430.882@multics.mit.edu>, Benjamin Kaduk
> writes:
>
>> Now, an ordinary user who is
>> doing this for the first time might ask, "why do I need to do something
>> with 'debugflags' in order to make a USB stick?
>
> Which is the exactly right question to ask.
>
> The procedure documented is clearly flawed.

Probably a misunderstanding on my part, since I suggested it to Glen. 
Can't recall the circumstances exactly.

The next question would be: what is the correct procedure?