Re: disklabel(8) allows addressing non-existent space

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 02:18:59AM +0100, Julian Djamil Fagir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just played a bit around with disklabel(8), trying to copy checks for
> batch-mode, but then I found out: There are virtually no checks checking the
> disklabel for consistency.

I have on many occasions used disklabel to adjust the partition table
before block-copying a disk's contents to a different-size disk.  I'd
be pretty irritated if that stopped working.

Thor