Feedback from the software fails, not the man. And if there is someone stick on these failures forget the "users", my advice.
[this is an automated reply] -- dan pls connect by [email protected] or surf my bsd blog at bsd.numode.eu From: brad <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Aug 7, 2026 15:42:47 Subject: Re: missleading msg by disklabel > On 8/7/26 09:06, dan wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When I try to disklabel on a partition instead of a disk I get an i/o error >> msg just like the disk is in readonly mode for any reason (maybe locked by >> securelevel, maybe locked by the usb enclousur, and so forth). >> >> Is it possible to improve the msg to avoid missunderstandings and loses of >> time ? > > disklabel doesn't expect a partition. It expects a disk. The name itself sort > of suggests that. > > The best thing to do is to read the man page, and examine how you ran > disklabel. It doesn't take that much time and you'll learn more about > disklabel and become a better sysadmin. > > Brad
