Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-13 Thread Julien Gabel
GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 Ok no problem, I changed it this way: # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 kern.geom.debugflags: 1 - 16 But it seems to change *absolutly nothing*... :( [...] Mmmhh... We're doing something wrong here

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Julien Gabel
GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 Ok no problem, I changed it this way : # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 kern.geom.debugflags: 1 - 16 But it seems to change *absolutly nothing*... :( # mount /dev/ar0s1a on / (ufs, local) devfs

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Julien Gabel
I want to say that it is a mirror created with a hardware HighPoint HPT374 (channel 2+3) UDMA133 controller ; not created using software, like vinum for example. - But when I tried to create a slice on it, I get: # fdisk -BI ad10 *** Working on device /dev/ad10 *** fdisk:

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
do you have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher level (like 3)? Chad ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Julien Gabel
do you have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher level (like 3)? Yes, this machine had a securevel positionned: it set to '2'. But because I can't touch the disk even in Single User Mode, I don't think it is related, but... What is your idea? -- -jpeg.

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Apr 11, 2004, at 1:50 AM, Julien Gabel wrote: do you have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher level (like 3)? Yes, this machine had a securevel positionned: it set to '2'. But because I can't touch the disk even in Single User Mode, I don't think it is related, but... What

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Julien Gabel
do you have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher level (like 3)? Yes, this machine had a securevel positionned: it set to '2'. But because I can't touch the disk even in Single User Mode, I don't think it is related, but... What is your idea? Ok. I had missed the

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Joan Picanyol i Puig
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 10:31:22 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 Ok no problem, I changed it this way : # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 kern.geom.debugflags: 1 - 16 But it seems to change *absolutly

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Julien Gabel
GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 Ok no problem, I changed it this way: # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 kern.geom.debugflags: 1 - 16 But it seems to change *absolutly nothing*... :( Mmmhh... We're doing something wrong here I

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-11 Thread Joan Picanyol i Puig
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 15:15:18 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 Ok no problem, I changed it this way: # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 kern.geom.debugflags: 1 - 16 But it seems to change *absolutly

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-10 Thread Joan Picanyol i Puig
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:22:16 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: Hello, Here is my problem. I had a hard disk for one year now, working together with an other identical disk in a _hard_ mirror. What's a '_hard_ mirror'? How did you set it up? - But when I tried to create a slice on it, I get: #

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-10 Thread Julien Gabel
Here is my problem. I had a hard disk for one year now, working together with an other identical disk in a _hard_ mirror. What's a '_hard_ mirror'? How did you set it up? I want to say that it is a mirror created with a hardware HighPoint HPT374 (channel 2+3) UDMA133 controller ; not created

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-10 Thread Joan Picanyol i Puig
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:45:14 +0200, Julien Gabel wrote: GEOM doesn't let you touch the disk if some partition is mounted off it. Try setting kern.geom.debugflags to 1 I suck. This should have said: GEOM doesn't let you write to an active device, except if you set kern.geom.debugflags=16 I

Re: Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

2004-04-10 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sunday 11 April 2004 07:15, Julien Gabel wrote: I want to say that it is a mirror created with a hardware HighPoint HPT374 (channel 2+3) UDMA133 controller ; not created using software, like vinum for example. - But when I tried to create a slice on it, I get: # fdisk -BI ad10