maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com> wrote:
> Write the protofile to the disk's disk label.  Remember to use the
> "-r" flag to write directly to disk:
> # disklabel -R -r sd0 label
>
> Now that you have a real disk label, you should be able to edit it
> interactively, if you want:
> # disklabel -e sd0
>
> Newfs the new partitions:
> # newfs /dev/rsd0a
> # newfs /dev/rsd0e

The problem is that this will cause a kernel panic, which is how the v1.3
kernel reacts to an attempt to access a raw device. At least it did for me.
YMMV.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
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