From 1b355c2dc7329f4aa0686562862841243e3505fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Long Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 06:28:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document sysinstall's limitation on operating on mounted disks. --- usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 | 11 +++++++++++ usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 b/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 index 378359df56f7..2fca7525f8ec 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 @@ -921,5 +921,16 @@ first appeared in .Sh AUTHORS .An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq jkh@FreeBSD.org .Sh BUGS +Editing slice and partition tables on disks which are currently mounted by +the system is not allowed. +This is generally only a problem when +.Nm +is run on a system that is already installed. +Use +.Xr fdisk 8 +and +.Xr bsdlabel 8 +for these tasks. +.Pp This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expiration date and is greatly in need of death. diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 index 378359df56f7..2fca7525f8ec 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 @@ -921,5 +921,16 @@ first appeared in .Sh AUTHORS .An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq jkh@FreeBSD.org .Sh BUGS +Editing slice and partition tables on disks which are currently mounted by +the system is not allowed. +This is generally only a problem when +.Nm +is run on a system that is already installed. +Use +.Xr fdisk 8 +and +.Xr bsdlabel 8 +for these tasks. +.Pp This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expiration date and is greatly in need of death.