On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ray Kohler wrote:
> What's the status of the issue where devices with open partitions can't
> have their boot sectors written to? I know phk@ was working on it a
> while back but it's something I'd like to see fixed soon, maybe before
> release?
I've been using the following:
ftp://ftp.jurai.net/users/winter/patches/geom-foot.patch
Set the sysctl 'kern.geom.allow_foot_shooting' to 1 and cross your
fingers. Most of the time accessing an already open device is harmless
but I've encountered panics a few times. YMMV
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