sysctl kern.geom.debugflags ERROR when using Sysinstall to format HD (FreeBsd 7.2 STABLE)

[Matthew Seaman]

Jeronimo Calvo wrote:
> Hi folks!!
> 
> Trying to create a new Ufs on a HD using sysinstall. im getting the
> following error:
> 
> ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad10!      │
>                │                                               │
>                │To edit the labels on a running system set     │
>                │sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 and try again
> 
> 
> any ideas?
> 

At a guess, I'd say you need to set

  sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16

and try again...

	Matthew

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