Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:36:42 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: re-fdisk'ing a partition - permission denied? Message-ID: <20030911183642.GQ22341@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <5744.1063120455@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20030908203049.5FF375D04@ptavv.es.net> <5744.1063120455@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--7UIJfHqpdi+oBJdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 05:14:15PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20030908203049.5FF375D04@ptavv.es.net>, "Kevin Oberman" write= s: >=20 > >In any case, since GEOM was added you can no longer slice or label an > >active device. As a result, the only way I know of to change slices or > >labels on V5 is to boot off of CD or floppy Fixit disks or install > >disks. (I just had to do this on my laptop this morning.) >=20 > If this is the case it is a bug in fdisk(8). >=20 > The only restriction GEOM introduces is that you cannot change an > _open_ device. Anything else is a bug. >=20 Change, or update? It's probable that fdisk is writing the entire partition table in one go. Shouldn't geom be ok it the bit that refers to open devices is the same as it was before? Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --7UIJfHqpdi+oBJdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj9gwLkACgkQXVIcjOaxUBaQ6ACdFbMBQQM/en48Z4Vqid1gKUG/ 2B0AoOhA9RDXuGxYFMyTp10GVXrF9rgl =f/1m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7UIJfHqpdi+oBJdT--
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