Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:16:37 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c Message-ID: <20011121201637.8A1F13811@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011121113838.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 21-Nov-01 Peter Wemm wrote: > > peter 2001/11/21 00:31:45 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c > > Log: > > Recognize the "fixed" geometry in boot1 so that DD disks are not > > interpreted as real fdisk tables (and fail). > > Eh? Did you not kill DD mode in userland? Not quite. The problem was that the alternate boot1 layout was not recognized by subr_diskmbr.c as "dangerous" (and therefore ignored) so it tried to interpret it and failed messily. disklabel -r -w ad1 auto .. was failing apparently. The whole DD thing still needs to be resolved. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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