Re: partition oddity

[Sascha Wildner <saw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :DragonFly won't let me zero a partition:
> :
> :zoot# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad8s2d
> :dd: /dev/ad8s2d: Read-only file system
> :1+0 records in
> :0+0 records out
> :0 bytes transferred in 0.000135 secs (0 bytes/sec)
> :
> :Sascha
> :
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>     That is the error you usually get if the partition in question is
>     still mounted.

Yeah but it isn't.

zoot# mount | grep ad8s2d
zoot# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad8s2d
dd: /dev/ad8s2d: Read-only file system
1+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes transferred in 0.009650 secs (0 bytes/sec)

Sascha

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