Re: Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread RW
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:39:20 +0100 Bruce Cran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RW wrote: > > I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and > > ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I > > can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I > > us

Re: Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Cran
RW wrote: I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I use swapoff or reboot into single user mode. What's the difference? # dd if=/dev/random of

Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread RW
I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I use swapoff or reboot into single user mode. What's the difference? # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ad4s1b