boot0cfg -s vs. GEOM_PART_*?
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt at mac.com
Tue Feb 17 10:31:19 PST 2009
On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> with a fresh kernel and world from last night I get:
>
> dopt# boot0cfg -s 3 ad4
> boot0cfg: /dev/ad4: ad4
> boot0cfg: /dev/ad4: ioctl DIOCSMBR: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> is this GEOM_PART_* fallout and can it be fixed?
boot0cfg is not (yet) supported by GPART. It should not
be too hard:
1. We need to expose the current bootcode through
kern.geom.confxml
2. boot0cfg grabs the bootcode from the XML, makes
the changes in memory and then uses existing
g_part ctlreq to update the bootcode.
> I am wondering how to change it from a rnning system now, as
>
> dopt# gpart set -a active -i 3 ad4
> gpart: pre-check failed: Device not configured
Fixed in revision 188723.
Sorry about that.
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Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt at mac.com
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